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Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 24, 2006, 03:22:12 AM »
Hm,

imprssv dtctv wrk!

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Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2006, 08:09:24 AM »
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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!!

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Re: How does one pronounce Grxnbfk?
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2006, 08:09:44 AM »
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blobrana wrote:
Hm,

imprssv dtctv wrk!


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