Catherine Stier: Hello, my name is Catherine Stier. Stier rhymes with fire, but is spelled S-T-I-E-R. My last name is German, and I understand would be pronounced Steer in Germany, and that means bull, as in male cow. The story goes that my husband's grandfather decided to pronounce his last name differently from the rest of the family. So, while most of the family here in the United States stuck with Steer, my husbands grandfather and all his descendants went with Stier. Thank you.