proper pronunciation

[drz]

So, the Mayo Clinic says the proper pronunciation of Wegner's is VEG-uh-nurz gran-u-loe-muh-TOE-sis
Wegener's granulomatosis - MayoClinic.com

So does that make us veggies? :-)

On this site it sounds like Vehg ah nah to me:

Wegener pronunciation: How to pronounce Wegener in German

Here too: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Wegener

When I was in the nursing home in a small town near my home there was a street near the restaurant named "Wegener Boulevard" but think it was name for the famous German scientist who died in Greenland, Alfred Wegener. The natives there pronounced the street Vahg ah ner. Google him and read about his life and important studies that only got accepted long after his death. Jet streams and continental drift.

[vdub]

"Wegener Boulevard" but think it was name for the famous German scientist who died in Greenland, Alfred Wegener. The natives there pronounced the street Vahg ah ner. Google him and read about his life and important studies that only got accepted long after his death. Jet streams and continental drift.

It is really quite phenomenal the amount of contributions Germans have made to science. I suspect most of us are on some drug right now that has a basis in a German lab.

[annekat]

When I was a kid, it bugged me when my mother, who wasn't German, pronounced Volkswagen "Folksvagen", which I think is pretty much correct. She also, though not Spanish, pronounced patio "pottio", which was even worse. Now, I sort of admire her for it. My dad, on the other hand, did not seem capable of pronouncing "taco" any other way but "tacko". In the long run, it probably works best just to pronounce things the way that others in our culture usually pronounce them. For example, people would look at us pretty weird if we correctly pronounced Des Moines or Boise according to the French language.

[Sangye]

That cracked me up, Anne. "Tacko."

[annekat]

That cracked me up, Anne. "Tacko."

Sangye, I feel honored to have cracked you up!

[Al]

I didn't chortle too much at "tacko", Anne, as I once had a business associate who said the same thing. But I did guffaw greatly at the thought of stopping a redneck bar in Boise and dropping the French pronunciation. I think I would have to come to terms with my mortality without worrying about my present medical condition....

Al

[annekat]

I didn't chortle too much at "tacko", Anne, as I once had a business associate who said the same thing. But I did guffaw greatly at the thought of stopping a redneck bar in Boise and dropping the French pronunciation. I think I would have to come to terms with my mortality without worrying about my present medical condition....

Al

That IS a funny thought, Al! And I'd like to see a group of Anglo American school children react to "Let's have lunch on the pottio"!

[Al]

That IS a funny thought, Al! And I'd like to see a group of Anglo American school children react to "Let's have lunch on the pottio"!

Another good one: "You talkin' about a picnic on my toilet?"

Al

[NicShaf]

So, the Mayo Clinic says the proper pronunciation of Wegner's is VEG-uh-nurz gran-u-loe-muh-TOE-sis
Wegener's granulomatosis - MayoClinic.com

So does that make us veggies? :-)

LOL, love it! Too cute...thanks for the laugh, vdub

[Brooke]

LOL, "tacko"