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Lung_Drac
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| SierraBell wrote: | I thought for the longest time, it was pronounced like that. o.O
It wasn't until recent that I found out it was pronounced, "as-per-gers". I sometimes have a hard time hearing certain combining letters I guess. |
Happened to me, too! but I know how to pronounce it now. Woe to an NT who pronounces it wrong! |
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Eto
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I'd only seen Asperger's written and always pronounced the G as a J. When my mom approached me last night about the syndrome and she used a hard G, my stepfather followed close behind with "Ass burgers!" He's immature. 
I tried to mention it today in school and then the only thing I could think about was how it sounded like ass burgers if I tried to say it. o__o I think I'll either just pronounce it wrong or use AS or something to avoid that. As if I need another thing to stumble over while speaking...
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jamesp420
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I've heard it thousands of times, but really the only thing that irks me about it is when I try to explain Aspergers to people, the ONLY thing they take from it is "you have ass burgers? ahahaha."
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Tarri
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| jamesp420 wrote: | | I've heard it thousands of times, but really the only thing that irks me about it is when I try to explain Aspergers to people, the ONLY thing they take from it is "you have ass burgers? ahahaha." |
Haha then maybe you should offer them some of these burgers.. XD |
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Thinkagain
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| i hate when american people say ass burgers i mean wtf? its ASPERGERS "AS-PER-JERS" |
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shadfly
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Aietra
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Ashton wrote: | | DeLoreanDude wrote: | | I pronounce it "asperjers" for this very reason (plus I think it sounds better) |
I've always done the same. It's moreso when people see it written and pronounce with the "g" sound instead of "j". Fecks me right off. >_< |
I've always said it was a "g" sound because it's named after an Austrian person, isn't it? So the word has its roots in central European language. We don't say "iceberj" or "hamburjer". |
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lau
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Aietra wrote: | | Ashton wrote: | | DeLoreanDude wrote: | | I pronounce it "asperjers" for this very reason (plus I think it sounds better) |
I've always done the same. It's moreso when people see it written and pronounce with the "g" sound instead of "j". Fecks me right off. >_< |
I've always said it was a "g" sound because it's named after an Austrian person, isn't it? So the word has its roots in central European language. We don't say "iceberj" or "hamburjer". |
You are correct, Aietra.
I can never understand people who mispronounce the word. It takes very little effort to find out the correct way to say a word (especially when it is a person's name, and the correct way is the way they themselves pronounce it), rather than arbitrarily substitute sounds like a "j" for a "g" and a "b" for a "p"... and even seemingly inserting an "r" before the first "s".
Just to be inconsistent (as English always is), the verb "asperge" does indeed have a "j" sound, like "surge", unlike the hard "g" in "burger" and "Asperger".
There does seem to be (according to the OED) a slight difference in the U.S. pronunciation - which does sound the first "r", whereas elsewhere that is effectively silent.
PS. I also find it odd that people misspell it as "aspergers", rather than "Asperger's" The former would maybe describe several people, each of whom was using an aspergillum to sprinkle of holy water. The latter is the possessive form of Hans' surname name.
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lotuspuppy
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| I've heard that once or twice. It irritates the hell out of me, but most people use that term out of pure ignorance. I just calmly tell them that Aspergers is a real problem with real implications. |
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ruennsheng
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Is Ass Burger nice? 
Other than that, it's sad that I have AS and these people make fun of my conditions... and its names.
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anasthasia
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We could also call it "Social Dyspraxia". 
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spl89
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| shadfly wrote: | "Asperger's Syndrome" is not a very good name for this condition. It's almost like adding insult to injury. As if we're asperger's problem children ourselves. I think a better name would be "Social Dyslexia"
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Good idea, I'll use this from now on when repeating myself for the billionth time about my condition. It's fine because no one I run into has ever heard of Asperger's anyway. |
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