DaisyProudfoot Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I pronounce is Asper..jers (with a 'J' sound) Martin's SENCO pronounces it Asper..gers (like GRRRRRS) SENCO and I need to say it the same way cos it's driving my poor AS son mad So what do you say? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tylers-mum Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I pronounce it as you do, with a 'j' sound. Ass-burjers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted March 3, 2006 Asperger spoke german so he would have said it with g as in get. Zemanski Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
helenl53 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 My husband - bless him - who is on the spectrum called it bumburgers when we first found out. He did not say this as a joke - which was really scary I pronounce it with a J - I used to pronounce it with a G but changed when I heard most people use J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted March 3, 2006 sorry, most AS people are pedants, I'm sticking with them on this one Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lil_me Report post Posted March 3, 2006 http://www.answers.com/topic/asperger-s-syndrome that says differently again I hear proffesionals pronouncing it with the sound Zemanksi suggested and many parents where it wold be more like a J. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
witsend Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I say Asper jers, consultant says asper gers. Son doesn't like it with the G sound 'cos he says it makes him feel like a (beef) burger!! Luv Witsend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BusyLizzie100 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I'm with Zemanski on this one - the man spoke German so I'll say it like he'd have said it. I hate it when people get my surname wrong! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phasmid Report post Posted March 3, 2006 Think I'll stick to AS! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oracle Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I was told that to say it with the 'j' sound and not the 'g' sound is an Americanism. As Hans came from Austria it would certainly be the 'g' sound. However David will not say it that way and so we all say it the 'j' way. I wont go into his reason for him not saying it the other way because if I do I will get kicked of the forum Carole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve_colour-se7en Report post Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) Hello everyone , Zemanski would be corrrect with the G and the Austrian/German angle- however at this moment I much prefer the angle with the ...Jer sound. DaisyProudfoot i am affraid I am with your son as I often find it confusing. However the worst thing of all is the way some people pronounce it as ASS-BURGERS now this reaaly gets me quite angry. Steve.. I think the boy means well but he is distinctly inclined to be inattentive...... Tutor of Winston Churchill to Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston's father Edited March 3, 2006 by Steve_colour-se7en Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I go with the hard 'g' as it's linguistically correct. My daughter hates the sound of the word and also rejects the label for herself, preferring to describe herself as autistic, so it's not a word I use that often, I usually talk about high functioning autism or ASD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted March 3, 2006 i say it with a j,my doc says it with a g,steve doesnt like it mentioned any way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I used to say it with a j. Then when I was talking to our first psychiatrist he corrected me and told me it was pronounced with a G. I often find myself using both pronunciations in the same sentence! I prefer the j sounding one, but I do think the G pronunciation is the right one. Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I was told that to say it with the 'j' sound and not the 'g' sound is an Americanism. As Hans came from Austria it would certainly be the 'g' sound. However David will not say it that way and so we all say it the 'j' way. I wont go into his reason for him not saying it the other way because if I do I will get kicked of the forum Carole Carole, the curiosity is killing me. What is David's reason for not saying it the other way?? Go on, tell tell Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hallyscomet Report post Posted March 3, 2006 Over here all the professionals pronounce it Ass-burgers H. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
call me jaded Report post Posted March 3, 2006 ASSpergers or AsPERgers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas Report post Posted March 3, 2006 Can't wait to get my teeth into a mouth-watering ass burger. Then McDonalds can pilpher it and come up with their own mass produced trash and call it The Big McAnus. Asperger's name is indeed pronounced how it's spelt, but I don't stick to any particular way because of how I handle written and verbal language: they are completely seperate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Report post Posted March 4, 2006 Hi. <'> Zemanski is right Asperger is to be pronounce with a G sound not J because it was a family name from German/Austrian origine it is like people distorting your family name, how would you like it? but if anybody say with the j sound I let them carry on as not everybody knows how is the correct pronunciation. Found it strange that everybody accept to say "burger" with a g sounds why not with a j sound????? Malika. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarenT Report post Posted March 4, 2006 I'm in the 'j' camp, pronouncing it 'Ass-perjer'. J's SENCo writes it Aspberger. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it? Karen x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted March 4, 2006 German is my second language and I read Asperger's papers in the original so I cannot say or hear the word any other way; it drives me up the wall to hear 'Asperjers', I have to really bite my tongue when somebody uses it. To me it's like pronouncing all the endings on french words using english phonics, the language doesn't sound right at all DonnerWetternocheinmal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizK Report post Posted March 4, 2006 I pronounce it with the 'j' though a lot of the professionals use to 'g'. Am sure the 'g' way is technically correct from my limited knwoledge of german, don't know why I started pronouncing it the 'j' way. Maybe that's what is used colloquially? No idea where the 'ass burrger' pronunciation comes from, the is no 'b'b in the word yet I hear it said like that a lot Lx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
microsoft_admin Report post Posted March 4, 2006 i know 4 ways to pronunce it as-per-gers as-perj-jers as-per-jers as-perg-gers with regards as to wich one is right not to shure about that but in any case i class the word to be medium length Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sylv Report post Posted March 4, 2006 As I am German I say Aspergers with a G. Zemanski is right and all the others who said so. But then again so many words which we also have in the German language get different pronounced in English.... But Asperger was Austrian and they speak German...so I would say so.... Love, SylvXXXX Interesting discussion though.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Report post Posted March 4, 2006 Hi <'> I still don't get it why in English we have to say "finger" with a G sound and "Asperger" with a j sound...???? Does anyone knows?? Malika. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted March 4, 2006 because English has it's roots in so many different languages and dialects that it is almost completely irregular Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted March 4, 2006 To appreciate just how illogical and irregular English spelling is, try reading this aloud. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Report post Posted March 4, 2006 Hi Zemanski <'> Yes I know this but I don't understand why people find it difficult to say "Asperger" with a G sound I think because they pronounce it like we would in French, in French any G in front of E or I or Y is pronounced "J" while any G in front of A O U and all consonants is pronouced G, some word have to be pronouce with G + I or E and have to be written adding a (silent) U like GUIDE I chose this because the same word exist in English, in French every spelling is connected to some point of a very complexe grammar with list of exception (or irregularities) we have to learn. Malika Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted March 4, 2006 And then there was George Bernard Shaw's favourite word - 'ghoti' (yes, it is a common English word, just spelt using English rules) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted March 4, 2006 Hard 'g' for us... Bid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JenRose Report post Posted March 4, 2006 Hi, i am AS and i always pronounced it as AsperGers, not with the J because it should be pronounced correctly and Mr Asperger was German so thats the way it should be. Bu thats just my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltraMum Report post Posted March 5, 2006 And then there was George Bernard Shaw's favourite word - 'ghoti' (yes, it is a common English word, just spelt using English rules) Goes well with chips - had it today for lunch! I tend to say Asp - erger - a bit like the start of 'aspersions' - unless of course others pronounce the start of that differently as well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted March 5, 2006 only the ones who spell it with a 'b' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaisyFulkirk Report post Posted March 5, 2006 But if we were really trying to say it 'right' like how Dr Asperger would have said it shouldn't it be something more like as-pair-ger (with hard G) than as-purr-ger? My German lessons were quite a long time ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted March 5, 2006 I pronounce it 'autism', 'cos i don't think anyone knows the difference anymore Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaisyProudfoot Report post Posted March 6, 2006 To appreciate just how illogical and irregular English spelling is, try reading this aloud. K x It's a wonder any of us learn to speak English looking at that Kathryn! And...I shall now attempt to start saying it with a hard G sound. Thanks folks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted March 6, 2006 Now if only AS had been discovered by a Mr. Jones... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littlenemo Report post Posted March 6, 2006 Now if only AS had been discovered by a Mr. Jones... ... they'd pronounce it 'Yones' in german Sometimes you just can't win Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) Now if only AS had been discovered by a Mr. Jones... Katheryn, yeah, but knowing our luck he would have been Norwegian and it would have been pronounced Yones!!!! Lauren Edited March 6, 2006 by Lauren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
