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I have had a few family members from USA make "jokes" about it but fortunately in Australia ass is pronounced arse so it isnt an issue. Also Asperger can be pronounced either as As-burger or As-per-jer as I know a lot of people do this stops the ass jokes.

It keeps confusing me about the different pronounciations, when I was told it it was pronounced As-per-jer and I had no idea what was funny. I don't think it was till I saw Boston legal that I understood the other way.

I find it confusing too as I dont know which is the right one I have always said As-burger but know a lot that say as-per-jer.

Well, MY name on it's face is not humiliating, etc.... at ALL! It SOUNDs like a product that has helped this world a LOT, and the world would have been very different without it. AGAIN, NOTHING humiliating. They STILL found a way to tease me by associating its sound with a product associated with ANOTHER! YEAH, it was used in radios, dashboards, toys, some engine parts, etc... Yet they STILL found a way.

BESIDES, AS is NOT pronounced ASS, and the association with BURGERS(and PERGERS is NOT pronounced that way) is just STUPID!

BESIDES, look at Mr. Crapper? Who would have thought that he would be associated with a product, that serves a good purpose, SO much that he would be so denigrated? GRANTED, the VERB supposedly started when he was 9, but the NOUN supposedly happened AFTER the invention. And what of "Sir John Harington"? Did the name John become associated in the same way? And I'll leave you to see the OTHER name so closely associated!

No matter what the name, it might later be associated with something bad. I don't THINK that is true of MY first name but WHO KNOWS!?!?

Well HEY, THAT isn't bad either! For all you know, a relative of yours invented it! Who knows, maybe it goes farther. As for MY name? I checked. Apparently, my relatives didn't create the material that one would have thought, but they DID do a number of things. HECK, there is a state college that is well known where people might be surprised by my name, even though several people with my name went there. Anyway, there is a scholarship, and a building with my last name on it. A few CEOs of some decent sized companies also have the same name. But STILL, people made fun of it.

just get used to pronouncing it Uh-sper-gurs or Uh-sper-jurs. Problem solved.

I prefer Uh-sper-gurs because Uh-sper-jurs almost sounds like a reference to a male experiencing intense pleasure.

Another way to pronounce it could be az-per-jers az-per-gers (2nd syllable stressed in both). The Z sound in the first syllable takes away the similarity to the word "ass". You can also say the following as a comeback: "well, most burgers are made from a bull's ass anyway".

Whenever people say Ass Burgers, I say, "oh, yeah, you're just neuroaverage. " Fortunately it's usually a friend, so it ends up just being mutual teasing. : )

This is why I only use the term high functioning autism. I never, ever use Asperger's.

ive never heard ass-burger used as an insult, honestly. frankly i use it as a joke myself (though cometimes unintentionally) aspergers sounds like ass--burgers. cant change that, and when you say AS or aspie, the other person in the convo is like "wuh? whats that?" and then you say "Asperger's disorder" "you have ass-burgers?" granted ive never been laughed at about it (i was the first to laugh when it was repeated to me in such a conversation, thus started a group laugh in which no ones feelings were hurt and then a serious conversation explaining the basics of the disorder ensued, and the other people in the conversation actually listened and gave a crap. happy ending)

but, i probably dont get insulted by this because im laughing as well, and ive only ever told my close friends about this disorder cause i dont feel like taking the time to explain it to complete strangers (no offense to some of the people around here, but many of the people in my age group around here are incredibly dense..)

but regardless, its just a name its a small thing to make fun of

Some friends of mine on another messageboard was codenaming it "burgers" and calling themselves that, so that's not as bad... though in that instance took me way too long to figure out the weren't talking bout real burgers... they thought I was a burger too, even my online friends think that about me aparantly.

yeah, i just dont see an insult in it... burgers are good, so ass-burgers should be too :3

My son does not like the name. "You're an ass" or "I don't have butt burger" -he says upon hearing this word. I don't push it.
Imagine if I said he had pdd-nos and nvld. Needless to say, we avoid lables in our home.
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Why do you have such difficulty ponouncing the "P" sound...perhaps you have a speach inpediment? If you do,that is fine...I won't judge you because of your disability. I myself often mistake P and B's when I am writing.I think it is a form of dyslexia."


This is hilarious. Come on! You have to admit the word Ass burger is ridiculous. We should be pronouncing it as Hans would have-Auspergers-german style. This sounds much better. We have americanized it and destroyed it like so many other names, foods, and styles.

In fact, I tried to use auspergers and the psych corrected me! What an aus.

XD thats great, "What an aus." lovely~

honestly i never really though about the pronunciation relating to where the name cam from... though in the 2 years of high school german class i never saw a lone A pronounced like an Au. then again... i didnt exactly pass german class with flying colors, more like scraped by with a D

Have you heard the song "Ass up"?
It's a great anthem

Change the name and they will have a derogative way to mispronounce it five minutes after it.