>When I was living in Germany my last name was McMinn. It is typically Germans calling met Holtzer :o) Here in the U.S., most Americans just say Holzer.

Just like they pronounce anyone with last name ending with "...wiesen" as if it were "...wuysen" instead of "...veezen". Somehow both the German "ie" (long ee) and "ei" (uy as in Einstein) are taken as the latter.