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[mouse_vicious]

I want to see the new film 'Adam' but how can I take it seriously when they keep saying 'ass burgers' wtf?! lol. Very silly swear-word, sounds like big piles.

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[trenchcoatedson]

... uh. well, that's how the word is pronounced...

[sqwrlydoom]

in the u.k. the say it differently. it sounds way better. the g is pronounced like a j and the emphasis is on the middle syllable rather than the first, if i recall correctly.

[trenchcoatedson]

that's actually how i say it, haha. i always thought i was saying it the wrong way (which i acknowledged and would mention i was doing it on purpose.)

[sqwrlydoom]

i think it sounds a lot better than the american way, which does totally sound like ass burgers. my best friend has his own way of saying it that sounds like oz burgers.

[sqwrlydoom]

you must not be from the states. (:

[mouse_vicious]

yeah I'm from the UK. Why call it ass burger? It's funny but must be really anoying for aspie Americans.

[sqwrlydoom]

yes. yes it is. and i have no idea why.

[mysticsong]

I am from the states, and I've never heard it seriously pronounced "ass burgers" -- only by kids (and sadly, adults too) making fun of people with Asperger's.

[myindigoessence]

My first time seeing the word, my instinct was to pronounce the g like a j. I wonder how Asperger himself pronounces his name then as I would imagine that would be how you pronounce it.

[mouse_vicious]

do Americans pronounce p like an english b a lot? I never noticed it before..
I'm honestly not trolling here.

[sqwrlydoom]

no, we don't, but it seems like having the emphasis on the first syllable masks the p sound and make it sound more like a b.

[myindigoessence]

Hmm.. I don't really know, 'course I haven't payed that much attention, although here in the southern US states our pronunciation is more "relaxed".

[mouse_vicious]

I'm sorry. i sound like chriss morris on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl98VOy5y-M

[pantheia]

He was Austrian, therefore the correct pronunication is as we say it in Europe and the UK; Asperger with a soft g, like a j, yeah.

Asperger pronounced like 'burger' with a hard g is just not correct. So if everyone used the correct pronunication that would end the silly connotations and the problem would be solved.

[mouse_vicious]

thank you.

[pantheia]

I'm laughing now at how typically aspie and precise my comment was :)

Got to laugh at yourself sometimes eh! Hehe

I'm nervous about watching the film Adam. I'm pretty certain I'm probably going to feel disappointed and misrepresented by it...

[mouse_vicious]

it looks pretty cheesy and it's going to make generalisations but most big films are like that so I'm not expecting to be offended.