Have a great time! I am sorry I won't (as it seems) be able to meet you - I am working Saturday - but you've got my phone number, right? And stay healthy! There is actually a lot of this bug going around here in NY, too - it's racing through the schools, and one of my colleagues had something like it a couple of weeks ago.
As to the word, I was initially coming at it from a (modern) German perspective. A "y" is the same as a "u" umlaut, so you should pronounce it as follows: purse your lips as if you were going to whistle and say "ee" (as in long "i" - Germanic - or "eek!" ). From a modern U.S. perspective, I'd think it rhymes with "mild" - a long "i" in modern English. So that's what I voted for.
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As to the word, I was initially coming at it from a (modern) German perspective. A "y" is the same as a "u" umlaut, so you should pronounce it as follows: purse your lips as if you were going to whistle and say "ee" (as in long "i" - Germanic - or "eek!" ). From a modern U.S. perspective, I'd think it rhymes with "mild" - a long "i" in modern English. So that's what I voted for.