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05 Dec 2010, 11:34 pm

Shadi2 wrote:
I think the pronunciation is As-per-ger (G like going, gate, etc) , not As-bur-ger nor As-ber-ger

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Asperger syndrome or Asperger's syndrome (pronounced /ˈæspərɡərz/)


I agree. We don't, in English at least, pair a voiced and unvoiced consonate. zb or sp, but not sb. And, from what the Germans here posted, looks like that goes in German (at least in this word) too.


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05 Dec 2010, 11:39 pm

IvyMike wrote:
Ass Burgers is the correct pronunciation.


It sounds funny, but it's true.


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06 Dec 2010, 12:10 am

I always tell people "The name of my condition sounds like a name for the horrible food from McDonald's. Just my luck". Finding humor in this helps me deal with it, haha.



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06 Dec 2010, 12:18 am

Alex pronounces it the right way

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMypuFcavfM&feature=player_embedded#at=90[/youtube]


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06 Dec 2010, 6:29 am

IvyMike wrote:
Ass Burgers is the correct pronunciation.


Sorry, but this is most decidely not true. If it were, we German-speaking people would be sure to place an umlaut into the word: Asbörger. We really like placing dots above vowels, I reckon.


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06 Dec 2010, 6:33 am

I have only ever heard it pronounces Ass-Burger (Rhymes with burger)



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06 Dec 2010, 6:50 am

Even though the correct way of pronouncing it is assburger I pronounce is asperjer. It's already a stupid sounding name to begin with without making it sound like a euphemism for piles as well.


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06 Dec 2010, 7:26 am

I didn't know that it could be spoken as assburger before WP. We pronounce it ah-spair-ger (G like this in get, not like in Germany). I would record the pronunciation and upload it for you, but I'm sick and my voice is hoarse now. Maybe I'll do it later or maybe somebody else.

FluffyDog wrote:
If it were, we German-speaking people would be sure to place an umlaut into the word: Asbörger

Or even Ausbörger or Esbörger (Äsbörger, yeah, umlauts rule!). English A is completely different than ours.


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09 Dec 2010, 12:53 pm

Asparagus?