how do you pronounce "rabe"?

JLove98905

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Oct 13, 2002, 5:27:17 PM10/13/02

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......As in broccoli rabe?
-Jen

ps- this was posted before, but the thread (even the original post) seems to
have evaporated. So I never saw the results of my poll.
Thanks!

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Fraidokeets

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Oct 13, 2002, 6:16:06 PM10/13/02

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>Subject: how do you pronounce "rabe"?
>From: jlove...@aol.comNOSPAM (JLove98905)
>Date: 10/13/2002 4:27 PM Central Standard Time
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Just a guess since it's not a word I use a lot :-) I'd say RA-BAY. Probably
wrong.

Jill

Priscilla Ballou

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Oct 13, 2002, 6:33:32 PM10/13/02

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In article <20021013172717...@mb-ba.aol.com>,
jlove...@aol.comNOSPAM (JLove98905) wrote:

> ......As in broccoli rabe?

Rah-bee

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readah

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Oct 13, 2002, 7:24:48 PM10/13/02

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readah

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Oct 13, 2002, 7:27:16 PM10/13/02

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Oops, sorry about that.
It is pronounced, rah-bay. The plural, rabi, is pronounced rah-bee.
readah

Tracey

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Oct 13, 2002, 7:27:53 PM10/13/02

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"JLove98905" <jlove...@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> ......As in broccoli rabe?
> -Jen
>
> ps- this was posted before, but the thread (even the original post) seems
to
> have evaporated. So I never saw the results of my poll.
> Thanks!

I've only heard it pronounced like broccoli ROB.

PENMART01

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Oct 13, 2002, 7:48:23 PM10/13/02

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In article <ojnq9.29249$r83.2...@news1.west.cox.net>, "readah"
<rea...@hotmail.com.trash> writes:

Um, broccoli rabe is both singular and plural... the 'e' is silent.

M-W

Main Entry: broccoli rabe
Pronunciation: -"räb
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps modification of Italian broccoli di rapa, literally,
flowering tops of the turnip
Date: 1976
: a garden brassica (Brassica rapa ruvo) that is related to the turnip and
produces edible leafy branching stalks and compact clusters of yellow florets;
called also broccoli raab \-"räb, -"rab\, rapini
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Oct 13, 2002, 8:27:22 PM10/13/02

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"JLove98905" <jlove...@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> ......As in broccoli rabe?
> -Jen
>

"rob" as in the man's name.

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Snowfeet1

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Oct 13, 2002, 8:46:51 PM10/13/02

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I've heard it prounced on Food TV as rabe - to rhyme with babe

PENMART01

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Oct 13, 2002, 9:10:38 PM10/13/02

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snow...@aol.com writes:

>I've heard it prounced on Food TV as rabe - to rhyme with babe

Probably from someone else who can't spell pronounced.

Try going to your AOL dictionary and looking it up and then clicking on the
Pronunciation link, where you will hear how to pronounce the word.

JLove98905

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Oct 13, 2002, 10:14:03 PM10/13/02

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LOL....So far we've got:
rah-bay
rah-bee
rahb
rayb

No wonder I was so confused.
-Jen

BOB

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Oct 13, 2002, 10:24:36 PM10/13/02

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Add rääb
BOB

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Oct 14, 2002, 1:00:57 AM10/14/02

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BOB <sail...@prodigy.net> wrote:
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>"JLove98905" <jlove...@aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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>> LOL....So far we've got:
>> rah-bay
>> rah-bee
>> rahb
>> rayb
>>
>> No wonder I was so confused.
>

>Add rääb

You've got it.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=broccoli%20rabe

And its rhyme:

>BOB

Im the upper midwest.

--Blair
"Lettuce."

Fiona Snapple

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Oct 14, 2002, 1:15:06 AM10/14/02

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RAH' bay.

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Ricky

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Oct 14, 2002, 3:26:19 AM10/14/02

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> I've heard it prounced on Food TV as rabe - to rhyme with babe

Damn that stinkin' Emeril!!!!!!!!!!

Snot

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Oct 14, 2002, 12:00:06 PM10/14/02

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JLove98905 wrote:

> .......As in broccoli rabe?
> -Jen

Main Entry: broccoli rabe

Pronunciation: -"räb
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps modification of Italian broccoli di
rapa, literally, flowering tops of the turnip
Date: 1976
: a garden brassica (Brassica rapa ruvo) that is
related to the turnip and produces edible leafy
branching stalks and compact clusters of yellow

florets -- called also broccoli raab \-"r@b, -"rab\,
rapini

from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online)

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Oct 14, 2002, 10:46:05 AM10/14/02

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He can't pronounce most of the French and Italian cooking terms either.

PENMART01

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Oct 14, 2002, 2:17:08 PM10/14/02

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(Snot) writes:

>JLove98905 wrote:
>
>> .......As in broccoli rabe?
>> -Jen
>
>> ps- this was posted before, but the thread (even the
>original post) seems to
>> have evaporated. So I never saw the results of my poll.
>> Thanks!
>
>> If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
>
>Main Entry: broccoli rabe
>Pronunciation: -"räb
>Function: noun
>Etymology: perhaps modification of Italian broccoli di
>rapa, literally, flowering tops of the turnip
>Date: 1976
>: a garden brassica (Brassica rapa ruvo) that is
>related to the turnip and produces edible leafy
>branching stalks and compact clusters of yellow
>florets -- called also broccoli raab \-"r@b, -"rab\,
>rapini
>
>
>from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online)
>
>Snot

Snot, I doubt Jen will believe you... I've already posted that same dictionary
entry, twice, including instruction to click on the Audio function, and I
posted the concurring pronunciation from Epicurious... many folks have
responded with various and sundry versions and still she's milking her post for
way more than it's worth... at this point I believe Jen has crossed way over
the line into Troll Territory.

Snot

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Oct 14, 2002, 3:27:12 PM10/14/02

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PENMART01 wrote:

> (Snot) writes:

> >JLove98905 wrote:
> >
> >> .......As in broccoli rabe?
> >> -Jen
> >
> >> ps- this was posted before, but the thread (even the
> >original post) seems to
> >> have evaporated. So I never saw the results of my
poll.
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >> If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
> >
> >Main Entry: broccoli rabe
> >Pronunciation: -"räb
> >Function: noun
> >Etymology: perhaps modification of Italian broccoli di
> >rapa, literally, flowering tops of the turnip
> >Date: 1976
> >: a garden brassica (Brassica rapa ruvo) that is
> >related to the turnip and produces edible leafy
> >branching stalks and compact clusters of yellow

> >florets -- called also broccoli raab -"r@b, -"rab,

> >rapini
> >
> >
> >from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online)
> >
> >Snot

> Snot, I doubt Jen will believe you... I've already
posted that same dictionary
> entry, twice, including instruction to click on the
Audio function, and I
> posted the concurring pronunciation from Epicurious...
many folks have
> responded with various and sundry versions and still
she's milking her post for
> way more than it's worth... at this point I believe Jen
has crossed way over
> the line into Troll Territory.

Sorry I duplicated your efforts, Sheldon - I don't
have a state of the art reader at work! Not sure what
happened here, but if Jen did lose her first thread,
it's easy enough to do a google and find it.