How to pronounce "Haas"

Bob Dubery

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Jul 23, 2016, 6:25:40 AM7/23/16

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Does it rhyme with "ass" or with "arse"

J Callen

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Jul 23, 2016, 9:54:40 AM7/23/16

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Bob Dubery <mega...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does it rhyme with "ass" or with "arse"

The Americans make it sound like Hoss, but I've always thought it would
rhyme with ass.

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Geoff May

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Jul 23, 2016, 10:44:10 AM7/23/16

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On 23/07/2016 11:25, Bob Dubery wrote:
> Does it rhyme with "ass" or with "arse"

If it is a Germanic name then it should rhyme more with "arse".

Cheers

Geoff

Bobster

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Jul 23, 2016, 12:03:53 PM7/23/16

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In Afrikaans it's a word (means "hare") and rhymes
with arse,but I heard Chandook pronouncing it the
other way.

Spelling and pronunciation are not universal. I have
scottish friends who live in the suburb of Boskruin
and constantly mispronounce it, pronouncing
the "ui" as in the English "sluice". But in
Afrikaans that "ui" is pronounced similar to the "a"
in "maze"

Alan Baker

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Jul 24, 2016, 1:20:45 AM7/24/16

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On 2016-07-23 6:25 AM, Bob Dubery wrote:
> Does it rhyme with "ass" or with "arse"

Say "hah"...

...add an "s" sound at the end.

Bobster

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Jul 24, 2016, 2:01:16 AM7/24/16

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Thanks.

geoff

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Jul 24, 2016, 3:49:05 AM7/24/16

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That's wrong too. Haas as in arse. Or farce.

geoff

pltrgyst

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Jul 24, 2016, 8:33:28 PM7/24/16

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A soft "s". That is how tennis player Tommy Haas, who is German,
pronounces his name.

-- Larry

J Callen

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Jul 24, 2016, 8:55:04 PM7/24/16

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Listen to Kurt Busch saying Haas.

https://youtu.be/o32q8U3DA0w?t=19

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Peter

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Jul 25, 2016, 11:47:42 AM7/25/16

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On 2016-07-23 16:03:51 +0000, Bobster said:

> In Afrikaans it's a word (means "hare") and rhymes
> with arse,but I heard Chandook pronouncing it the
> other way.

Same in Dutch, but then again, the two are quite related :-)

> Spelling and pronunciation are not universal. I have
> scottish friends who live in the suburb of Boskruin
> and constantly mispronounce it, pronouncing
> the "ui" as in the English "sluice". But in
> Afrikaans that "ui" is pronounced similar to the "a"
> in "maze"

Is it? Not at all like in Dutch then,

-peter

Bob Dubery

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Jul 25, 2016, 12:01:58 PM7/25/16

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Afrikaans evolved from Dutch, and it's a fairly young language. I think
when spoken it is more similar to Flemish - though the accent is very
different. I find it easier to understand spoken Flemish than spoken Dutch.

But yes, there are some strong similarities, but also some striking
differences. One of the rudest words in the Afrikaans language seems to
be quite respectable in Dutch.

geoff

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Jul 25, 2016, 3:55:27 PM7/25/16

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On 26/07/2016 4:01 AM, Bob Dubery wrote:

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> Afrikaans evolved from Dutch, and it's a fairly young language. I think
> when spoken it is more similar to Flemish - though the accent is very
> different.

Certainly sounds like a bad case of phlegm !

geoff

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Jul 25, 2016, 9:16:59 PM7/25/16

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You are dumb. The b is silent.

build

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Jul 29, 2016, 6:30:47 AM7/29/16

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On Saturday, 23 July 2016 20:25:40 UTC+10, Bobster wrote:
> Does it rhyme with "ass" or with "arse"

Seems Carl Haas of the "Haas Lola Team", the 1980s F1 team pronounced it so similarly to Gene Haas it's the same. That Gene is, Gene Haas of the current "Haas F1 Team", they are not related by the way. The pronunciation used by both can easily be found on Youtube.

No arse involved.