Dumb question about how Neuman is pronounced.

[Loren Littlejohn]

I heard a guy (who works there) pronounce it "Noi-men"

I have always americanized the shit out of it and pronounced it "newman".

Am I stupid?

 

[deanbailey]

My past lecturer said "Newoi-man", I sometimes switch between "noo-man" and "newman" lol

 

[Fivestringcult]

I've always assumed it's "newman".

 

[Stillborn]

I believe it is "Noï-man" in german (and it's spelled neumann)

 

[JBroll]

It should be 'Noiman', not 'Newman' - people make the same mistake with the mathematician Euler, calling him 'Yewler' instead of 'Oiler'... I guess we just don't like spelling things phonetically.

Jeff

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Learn how to spell it in the first place
And yes, you're stupid

(hahaha I'm just kiddin')

 

[Djabthrash]

Learn how to spell it in the first place
And yes, you're stupid

(hahaha I'm just kiddin')

hahahahaha

 

[JeffTD]

I've always said Noiman, it just follows standard German pronunciation.

 

[Metaltastic]

Yep, one of the things people were laughing at Tad about was the fact that he pronounced it "Newman" rather than the indeed correct "Noi-mahn" - DO YOU WANT TO BE LIKE TAD!!?!??

 

[greyskull]

Noi-man in the queens english.
this age old drama eh? (time to paraphrase Eddie Izzard)
we say potato, you say po-taaaa to
you say to-may-to , we say tomato,
you say 'erbs and we say Herbs; because theres a fucking H in it!

 

[Keessi]

I'd take you(anyone) for an idiot if one would call Neumanns newmanns :S. It's fucking noi-mann!

ps. km184's fucking rule on overheads!

 

[Stillborn]

Noi-man in the queens english.
this age old drama eh? (time to paraphrase Eddie Izzard)
we say potato, you say po-taaaa to
you say to-may-to , we say tomato,
you say 'erbs and we say Herbs; because theres a fucking H in it!

I believe it goes like :

You say, leisure and we say lizuray.
You say baysil and we say bahsil.
You say ’erbs and we say herbs, because there’s a fucking “H” in it…
But you spell through T-H-R-U, and I’m with you on that, ‘cause we spell it “THRUFF,” and that’s trying to cheat at Scrabble...

 

[Metaltastic]

you say 'erbs and we say Herbs; because theres a fucking H in it!

Haha, don't even get me started on consonant-removal - you Brits have that limey cockney-accented bunch committing far more offenses in that department that us well-to-do Yanks ever have!

 

[JBroll]

You know, they have chavs and East-enders, we have the gangstas and white trash...

At least we're not the fucking French, where you sound more authentic when you pronounce fewer vowels.

Jeff

 

[J the TyranT]

Tama and Paiste get fucked up a lot as well.

Im sure there are others...

 

[everybody's x]

NOY-man

germans.

what's the definitive way to say "porsche"

one syllable "porsh"?
or two "por-sha"?

who decide to spell bass like the fish instead of BASE like the bottom of something?

 

[Let it burn...]

NOY-man
one syllable "porsh"?
or two "por-sha"?

the whole world says porsh, English speaking people say por-sha

 

[everybody's x]

the whole world says porsh, English speaking people say por-sha

Thank you, I said "porsh" the other day and everybody acted like I was a retarded asshole.


Of course I was wearing a football helmet and a cape.

 

[LSD-Studio]

neumann

porsche

klabusterbeeren

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahahhaa, nice - the Kraut has spoken (literally!)