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22 Jul 2008, 3:47 pm

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22 Jul 2008, 4:26 pm

Most times I've heard it pronounced round here, it's been with a soft 'g', like 'zh' - how the French might say it, I guess. That includes my psychiatrist, although he was Indian. I dunno if the 'burger' thing is American? (now there's a phrase that can be placed in any number of contexts!)



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22 Jul 2008, 6:18 pm

Maybe say it as Az perger?


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23 Jul 2008, 1:27 am

Hey... "Assburger's" is the title of my book on Aspergers...

Full title; "Assburgers: The Truth About the Truth About Aspergers"

Whoah; I think I accidentally advertised...



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23 Jul 2008, 9:01 am

aethra wrote:
Most times I've heard it pronounced round here, it's been with a soft 'g', like 'zh' - how the French might say it, I guess. That includes my psychiatrist, although he was Indian. I dunno if the 'burger' thing is American? (now there's a phrase that can be placed in any number of contexts!)


Nope, burger is a german thing. Keep in mind, Asperger was a german surname. You don't see very many words at all in german with the soft G, they all use the hard G sound like gern, geld, Hamburg and gestern.



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23 Jul 2008, 9:54 am

Mage wrote:
aethra wrote:
Most times I've heard it pronounced round here, it's been with a soft 'g', like 'zh' - how the French might say it, I guess. That includes my psychiatrist, although he was Indian. I dunno if the 'burger' thing is American? (now there's a phrase that can be placed in any number of contexts!)


Nope, burger is a german thing. Keep in mind, Asperger was a german surname. You don't see very many words at all in german with the soft G, they all use the hard G sound like gern, geld, Hamburg and gestern.


Exactly.


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23 Jul 2008, 10:25 am

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I pronounce it "ass-per-jer". It sounds more respectable that way.


To me that becomes "ass purger", purger of asses. How would one go about this kind of activity, anyway?



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23 Jul 2008, 12:20 pm

Well I get emails every day about these magical "acai berries" as seen on Oprah....



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23 Jul 2008, 12:40 pm

Its obvisous who Ass Burger is. He likes to eat ASS :?



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24 Jul 2008, 8:57 pm

*snicker*. When we first talked to the doctor about AS, my mother and I immediately thought "asparagus".

Then I noticed it- ass...pergers. I laughed for days. My mom thought it was hilarious too, it was a little joke between us. Nothing mean, just cute :)



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24 Jul 2008, 9:05 pm

Can I get some bread with that Assburger Stew? :wink:


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