Author Topic: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk? (Read 3228 times)

Wilse · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2006, 08:20:43 PM »

Easy, "Grxnbfk".

Why do you ask?

bloodline · « **Reply #2 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 :-(

Wilse · « **Reply #3 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!" ;-)

blobrana · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:38:41 PM »

Hum,
You dropped your vowels?

Vincent · « **Reply #5 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 ;-)

blobrana · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2006, 11:03:00 PM »

Hum,

as in Professor Morten Grxnbfk?

i have no idea...

Vincent · « **Reply #7 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.

amigaoneproductions · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2006, 11:38:00 PM »

Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?

Answer: With great difficulty :-)

odin · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2006, 01:55:02 AM »

'Bob' probåbly.

Vincent · « **Reply #10 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.

Karlos · « **Reply #11 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:

Tigger · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2006, 04:58:53 PM »

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

Seehund · « **Reply #13 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.

blobrana · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2006, 03:22:12 AM »

Hm,

imprssv dtctv wrk!