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Title: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: bloodline on January 20, 2006, 08:07:28 PM

:-D

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Wilse on January 20, 2006, 08:20:43 PM

Easy, "Grxnbfk".

Why do you ask?

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: bloodline on January 20, 2006, 09:08:04 PM

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Wilse wrote:
Easy, "Grxnbfk".

Why do you ask?

Maybe to a Glaswegian ;-) it's a surname but I don't know the nationality... how does an Englishman pronounce it :-(

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Wilse on January 20, 2006, 09:14:55 PM

A surname?

Ah, OK.
I have no idea, sorry.


It's pretty much what I sometimes end up saying whilst drunkenly
trying to fit my house key in the lock.

An English translation would be:
"Get in, by f*ck!" ;-)

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: blobrana on January 20, 2006, 09:38:41 PM

Hum,
You dropped your vowels?

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Vincent on January 20, 2006, 10:04:10 PM

Vowels are interchangeable.

Do you know anything about the name at all?  Except how it's spelt ;-)

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: blobrana on January 20, 2006, 11:03:00 PM

Hum,

as in Professor Morten Grxnbfk?

i have no idea...

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Vincent on January 20, 2006, 11:13:20 PM

This has actually got me really intrigued.

I've sent a text to a mate who studies languages and names to see what he can find out.

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: amigaoneproductions on January 20, 2006, 11:38:00 PM

Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?

Answer:  With great difficulty :-)

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: odin on January 21, 2006, 01:55:02 AM

'Bob' probåbly.

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Vincent on January 21, 2006, 01:59:44 AM

Ok, apparently it's Polish.  He's about 90% certain of that.

Nothing else just now though.

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Karlos on January 21, 2006, 11:03:02 AM

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bloodline wrote:

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Wilse wrote:
Easy, "Grxnbfk".

Why do you ask?

Maybe to a Glaswegian ;-) it's a surname but I don't know the nationality... how does an Englishman pronounce it :-(

Carefully, I imagine :lol:

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Tigger on January 23, 2006, 04:58:53 PM

Just like it sounds, emphasis on the second syllable of course.
   -Tig

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: Seehund on January 24, 2006, 01:35:38 AM

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blobrana wrote:

as in Professor Morten Grxnbfk?

Ah, now I get it. Morten. So it's a misspelt Danish/Norwegian name. Google found "Grxnbfk" in an article that was referring to J Thromb Haemost. A quick Medline search for that journal and the keyword "wine" revealed that his real name is Grønbæk (or Groenbaek, if you've got a handicapped character set).

"Ø" is pronounced something like the vowel sound in "heard" or "first", and "æ" like a short "e".

When a Dane says "Grønbæk", or anything else in Danish for that matter, it will probably sound like a drunken Wilse. :)

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: blobrana on January 24, 2006, 03:22:12 AM

Hm,

imprssv dtctv wrk!

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: bloodline on January 24, 2006, 08:09:24 AM

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Seehund wrote:

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blobrana wrote:

as in Professor Morten Grxnbfk?

Ah, now I get it. Morten. So it's a misspelt Danish/Norwegian name. Google found "Grxnbfk" in an article that was referring to J Thromb Haemost. A quick Medline search for that journal and the keyword "wine" revealed that his real name is Grønbæk (or Groenbaek, if you've got a handicapped character set).

"Ø" is pronounced something like the vowel sound in "heard" or "first", and "æ" like a short "e".

When a Dane says "Grønbæk", or anything else in Danish for that matter, it will probably sound like a drunken Wilse. :)

Groenbaek!!! Ahhhh now it makes sense, cheers seehund!!

Title: Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
Post by: bloodline on January 24, 2006, 08:09:44 AM

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blobrana wrote:
Hm,

imprssv dtctv wrk!

:lol: