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Confused101
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15 Oct 2012, 12:09 am

I have heard it pronounced aspburgers sometimes it even sounds like they are saying ass burgers. How does everyone else pronounce it ?

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15 Oct 2012, 12:56 am

Asp-er-gers

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15 Oct 2012, 1:14 am

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How do you pronounce aspergers ?

i pronounce it correctly

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15 Oct 2012, 1:17 am

As-peur-ges.

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15 Oct 2012, 1:31 am

I use a soft g like the g in budget, but lots of people use a hard g like in gate. I say 'er' just before that g, rather than 'ur'. I suppose really it should be said however the Germans say it, since it's a German name.

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15 Oct 2012, 3:04 am

Thanks it seems i am saying it correctly

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15 Oct 2012, 6:55 am

I pronounce it As-per-ger's with a hard g.

I wish that people would stop pronouncing it incorrectly. Some people in my family pronounce it "Iss-pee-urgh-jiss". It makes me want to scream.

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15 Oct 2012, 7:45 am

Ass burgers, I can't help it.

Honestly I avoid saying it.

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15 Oct 2012, 7:52 am

I agree with B9 Hello B9.

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15 Oct 2012, 7:56 am

Curiotical wrote:

I pronounce it As-per-ger's with a hard g.

Yes, that's how people in Germany pronounce it.

By the way, "Assburgers" has made it to television: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt176572.html

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15 Oct 2012, 8:06 am

Jediyoda wrote:

I agree with B9 Hello B9.

good evening to you. i am not sure that i know you (which obviously means that i am sure that i do not know you).

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15 Oct 2012, 8:28 am

Ass burgers

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15 Oct 2012, 10:18 am

I pronounce it as "ah-spare-gers".

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15 Oct 2012, 11:34 am

Ass - per - Gers. It's how I first heard a psycologyst (or psychiatrist, I get mixed up) pronounce it.

I would guess (not sure if I'm right or not) that people with an American accent are more likely to say ass - burgers, it's certainaly the accent I hear it more.

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15 Oct 2012, 1:22 pm

Jacoby wrote:

Ass burgers, I can't help it.

Honestly I avoid saying it.

based on how it sounds like that, i call it hiney burgers.

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20 Oct 2012, 12:40 am

I pronounce it OSS-burgers....just to minimize the otherwise inevitable snickering.

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