Grob Pronunciation

Doug Turner

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Apr 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/12/98

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I've heard it both ways so I am taking a vote. Does Grob rhyme with globe
or Bob?
Cast your votes!
Thanks, Doug

Vorsanger1

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Apr 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/12/98

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It's a German name. It rhymes with lobe, globe, probe, strobe, anode, diode,
etc... All the best, Charles V.

Eric June

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Apr 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/12/98

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Globe.

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Nathan Lemmon

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Apr 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/12/98

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Out of about 50 members in our club, 49 would pronounce
it Globe, with one member holding out for Bob. Experience
has taught me that the one guy is probably correct......NL

lha...@unm.edu

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Apr 12, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/12/98

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So thats whats wrong with our language now. We decide by
a refrendem or popularity contest how to prounonce a word.
Why not ask the people whose name it is?
...lew...

Doug Turner

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Apr 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/13/98

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Do you have Burkhart Grob's email address?

lha...@unm.edu wrote in article <6gs3tk$4g...@capella.unm.edu>...

Colin Wray

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Apr 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/13/98

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Nathan Lemmon <nle...@concentric.net> wrote:

>Eric June wrote:

OK, I just happen to have a native German staying in my house. Your
problem here comes from trying to equate a German pronunciation with
an English word. Grob is not pronounced exactly like Bob or Globe, but
in fact somewhere in between. That is to say, the 'o' is longer than
Bob, shorter than Globe, and rougher than either.

When pressed, my guest chose Bob - and he comes from Munich which is
pretty close to Mindelheim. I also have a share in a G109B, and one of
my partners is Austrian, and he uses a shorter 'o' than my friend from
Munich.

Colin Wray.

Mike Lindsay

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Apr 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/13/98

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In article <01bd65c3$78ffcca0$7f10b3cf@default>, Doug Turner
<dsturne...@sginet.com> writes

My German friends say "Grobe". They also say it means "rough".
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Mike Lindsay

David H. Noyes

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Apr 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/14/98

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In article <35328...@mercury.nildram.co.uk> co...@XgreenchX.co.uk (Colin Wray) writes:

> Grob is not pronounced exactly like Bob or Globe, but
>in fact somewhere in between. That is to say, the 'o' is longer than
>Bob, shorter than Globe, and rougher than either.

There are 3 possible "lengths" of pronunciation of the "o" which would be
indicated by the spelling. From longest to shortest:

"Grohb", "Grob", and "Grobb" So it is "in fact somewhere in between."

Vorsanger1

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Apr 14, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/14/98

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Grob rhymes with Globe.

Martin Wallmer

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Apr 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/15/98

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Doug Turner wrote:
>
> I've heard it both ways so I am taking a vote. Does Grob rhyme with
> globe
> or Bob?
> Cast your votes!
> Thanks, Doug

More to Bob than to globe, with a brighter and longer o than in Bob.
Believe me, I'm german

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Martin Wallmer
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http://www.segelflug.de/vereine/oscwasserkuppe

Marshall Price

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Apr 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/23/98

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Isn't the final b pronounced like a p?

Martin Wallmer (Martin....@t-online.de) wrote:

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Bill Tisdale

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Apr 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/23/98

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More to Bob than to globe, with a brighter and longer o than in Bob.
: Believe me, I'm german

so would that be pronounced .... Grooob... ?

TIZ