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Old 07-Nov-2004, 11:41   #1
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Default How do you pronounce Dave's surname?
Is it "Bow-man"?
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 13:40   #2
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Would that be bow as in bow and arrow?
Or bow as is bow of a boat, or take a bow?
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 13:47   #3
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Would that be bow as in bow and arrow?
Or bow as is bow of a boat, or take a bow?
Try both. Baumann.
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 14:27   #4
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 14:30   #5
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 15:02   #6
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No, no...the emphasis is on the second "n".

Try it again, but really punch that last "n".
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 15:48   #7
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I pronounce it somewhere beetween arrowbow and shipbow. Like bored but in a Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York way.
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 15:57   #8
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The name looks German, so I guess I'd pronounce it like a German would.
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 16:10   #9
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Foreign names don't always keep their original pronounciation when they go to other countries. Like Bernstein a name seen in USA and Germany, in USA it's like Burnsteen and in Germany it's more like Baernstain.
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 01:32   #10
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Since I'm German, I'm tied between German and English pronounciation.
German would be 'bow-mun (bow as in bow down, mun as in Munster), English like 'bore-man (open o as in bore, but no r).

If you have FIFA 2004, try playing Werder Bremen. They have a player called Baumann, but I think the voice makes it sound more like "dolmen".
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 02:11   #11
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AFAIK my great grandfather was Swiss, so the name came over here from that area.

Some of the family tried to make it more English sounding by pronouncing it "bow-man", however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as, however if I were to introduce myself I would would pronounce it something along the lines of "baugh-men"
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 02:15   #12
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however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as
I know the feeling, kirit is a terrible first name when no one can say it properly. Gave up after a few years.

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Old 08-Nov-2004, 02:16   #13
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"Baugh" doesn't help a whole lot.
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 02:51   #14
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"Baugh" doesn't help a whole lot.
LOL. Was just thinking the same thing.
I guess the profile info should be extended with a sound file where you pronounce your name.

Btw, I thought that my name would be fairly easy to understand and pronounce by an American. (Of course with an American accent.) But when I've been there, and given my name for someone to write down. They've often just stared blankly into space and written some seemingly random letters. Is it really that hard to understand "Henrik Gustavsson"?
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No, no...the emphasis is on the second "n".

Try it again, but really punch that last "n".
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I'm guessing he pronounces it "baughmen" as in baugh baugh black sheep. That's how I've always thought of it.
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I'm guessing he pronounces it "baughmen" as in baugh baugh black sheep. That's how I've always thought of it.
See thats kinda regional too, i know people who say "baa baa blacksheep" and "bargh bargh". With the first "baa" sounding like the "a" in apple.
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. Is it really that hard to understand "Henrik Gustavsson"?
They have a hard time with my last name "Christensen" too.
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AFAIK my great grandfather was Swiss, so the name came over here from that area.

Some of the family tried to make it more English sounding by pronouncing it "bow-man", however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as, however if I were to introduce myself I would would pronounce it something along the lines of "baugh-men"
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I was thinking he meant "baugh" like in "laugh" and he pronounces it "Dave Baufman".

I think if I ever have the chance to meet Dave in real-life that I'll just call him Wavey....
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 16:41   #22
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Some of the family tried to make it more English sounding by pronouncing it "bow-man", however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as, however if I were to introduce myself I would would pronounce it something along the lines of "baugh-men"
So are we saying "baugh" to rhyme with paw, caw, saw, law? Or is it "baugh" to rhyme with ow, sow, cow? My money is on the former!
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The real question I find myself asking is not how Dave B pronounces his surname but how he pronounces Bedfordshire, does he do it the Bedfordshire way or the regular way.
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I'm guessing the Bedforshire way isn't:

"Bed-ford-shire"
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I'm guessing the Bedforshire way isn't:

"Bed-ford-shire"
Gosh, I'm only "nextdoor" in 'ertfordshire and I didn't realise there was another way to pronounce Bedfordshire.
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