If only Hans didn't have the last name Aspergers.

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If only Hans didn't have the last name Aspergers, we woudn't get made fun of for sounding like ass burgers. Hey look there goes that ass burgers kid. If his full name was Hans Gildyrox, we would all be having Gildyrox syndrome.

I wish this stupid prick's last name had of been a name what you hear more often, like ''Jones''. Then I won't jump when somebody says the name of my stupid condition. Usually the more something is said, the less sensitive you become of it. Or I wish AS was known by an abbreviation, like ADHD is. Something like ADHD just explains itself when you say it, but ''Asperger's Syndrome'' or ''Autism Spectrum Disorder'' could be anything, and for those people who haven't heard of it, it just feels weird to say. For me AS seems to affect my emotions more than anything else, and that's saying something. I feel more confident with people lately, and I can physically do work and mentally work out what I need to do, but emotionally I struggle. I get overwhelmed and stressed easily, and feel so helpless sometimes, that I can't help crying. Then I get frustrated with myself too, for not coping, and then it becomes a vicious circle.

It could have been worse. Suppose his name had been Cockburn!

Then we wouldn't be sh!tting hamburger out of our asses and saving the McDonnald's corporation, millions of dollars in beef costs every year.

The only reason Asperger turned into ass burger is that native English speakers are pronouncing it wrong. No one else has any problem with the name.

And it was in use way before the South Park episode. The episode is from 2011. I saw the term for the first time in 2008 or 2009.

The Oxford dictionary pronounces it as "ua-sper-gers", and the Webster dictionary pronounces it as "as-ber-gers".

Of the 2 dictionary definitions above, the Oxford version is more accurate but not entirely so. Actually it should be pronounced according to German/Austrian pronunciation, where the 'p' sound lies somewhere between a 'p' and a 'b', and the 'erger' rather like 'airger' ie: 'Aspbairger'.
If English speakers weren't so ignorant, then the 'ass burger' phrase (which is meaningless to British English speakers) would never have come about.

Stop internalizing abelism. Just stop.

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Hans trying to save Autistics from Nazi eugenics involved much more difficulty then overcoming a stigma created because Americans refuse to pronounce his name correctly.

Even though he worked for Nazi Germany, I think Hans Asperger was a great man. I just wish people would recognize his origins, and pronounce his name correctly. The "ass burger" jokes have gotten really, really, really old. Hell, I remember back when I was 5/6 years old, around the time I was first diagnosed, I kept wondering why people were talking about what I thought were burgers made of asses.

If you're an Australian Bogan you pronounce it 'spur-jus'. No ass burgers here.

I will never ever mind if someone calls me Ass Burgers. But instead, I will just say "I recommend it with more pickles" or "It tastes great" or "That's his surname. I mean, are you that evil teasing a surname?"

If we have the name Hans' syndrome, my friend, Hans, will gonna like this guy for having a syndrome with his name on it (one reason why my friend followed the autism awareness month HAHA)

So... prefer Hans' syndrome or Asperger Syndrome?

I usually take it in stride and say something like, "Yeah it's awkward to say out loud with an American accent." I really feel bad for people who are diagnosed as kids though, as kids can be absolutely evil, especially as teenagers.

Well they did remove 'aspergers syndrome' from the DSM...so it is just Autism Spectrum Disorder...but it is true that can be kind of vauge since we aren't all effected the same way by it and have different severities of any symptoms. But it can be abbreviated ASD....so not too different than say ADHD. Though not so sure the reason for getting rid of the term aspergers syndrome from the DSM had anything to do with the akwardness of saying it and having it sound like 'ass burgers' I mean I know it doesn't entirely pronounce that exact way and the condition has nothing to do with asses or burgers...but nonetheless as well find it a little bit akward to say, even if I am not worried the other person will make that joke still in my head the reference is made...then it could be even more awkward if I start kinda laughing to myself and tell them why and they are confused what to say not wanting to offend by laughing at that.

I'd be curious to know if the reason they're now calling it ASD has anything to do with the awkward term.

I think ASD explains it better. The only explanation I usually hear of just what Aspergers is, is to say it's a type of autism or mild form of autism.