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Post by Ally. on Sept 3, 2003 18:39:04 GMT -5
i feel kind of stupid asking this, but how do you people pronounce klaus? do you pronounce it like klaws, or like klause (rhymes with house)? my parents tell me it's klause-rhymes-with-house but i thought it was klaws. =\
is there a right way? =\
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on Sept 3, 2003 18:41:44 GMT -5
There are, I believe, about two other threads about this, if you look ;D *is just trying ot be helpful*
But yes, your parents are (eek!) correct.
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Post by Rikku on Sept 5, 2003 19:46:26 GMT -5
yep you're parents are correct. I always use to say "kla-us"
but now I know it's rhymes w/ house
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Post by Ally. on Sept 5, 2003 20:20:56 GMT -5
aw man. i'd better start now.
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Post by PJ on Jun 25, 2004 8:01:55 GMT -5
Klaus is a german name and in germany they prononounce it(sort of) rhyming with house and I always say, were ENGLISH speaking damnit, so say Klaws
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Post by Kay_667 on Sept 16, 2004 9:05:53 GMT -5
I've always pronounced it klaws. I'm not gonna change!(even though I know it's wrong!) ;D
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Post by Dante on Sept 16, 2004 13:29:34 GMT -5
Rhymes-with-house was how I always said it. I think I'd come across the name before. Even then, though, rhymes-with-house just seemed to click in my mind.
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Post by Emmerz ze Silly Goose on Sept 16, 2004 14:23:40 GMT -5
I always have trouble with pronoucing names in books. Especially HP and some ASOUE. Klaus' name I got, but me and my little sister got into a heated debate about all the villian's pronunciation.
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Post by trish on Sept 16, 2004 22:07:22 GMT -5
Like Flacutono and Tocuna? SO hard to pronounce.
I was aware that it rhymed with house, but I pronounce it rhymes with Santa-Claus because I'm so freaking pig-headed, and I refuse to change how I pronounce it. Just like Sirius black is Sigh-russ and not Serious. And Tocuna will always be Tuh-coon-uh to me.
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Post by Lychii on Sept 16, 2004 22:12:57 GMT -5
Like Flacutono and Tocuna? SO hard to pronounce. I was aware that it rhymed with house, but I pronounce it rhymes with Santa-Claus because I'm so freaking pig-headed, and I refuse to change how I pronounce it. Just like Sirius black is Sigh-russ and not Serious. And Tocuna will always be Tuh-coon-uh to me. I always looked at Tokuna's name to be Japanese because of the way it's spelled. Makes pronouncing it a bit easier. ^^; |
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Post by Dante on Sept 17, 2004 11:46:08 GMT -5
Tocuna isn't pronounced Tuh-coon-uh?
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Post by ~QuigleyRules~ on Sept 17, 2004 16:56:30 GMT -5
I used to think it was pronounced Klaws, but I found out that it is actually pronouced Klouse.
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Post by hermionebaudelaire on Sept 19, 2004 15:17:06 GMT -5
I've always pronounced it klaws. I'm not gonna change!(even though I know it's wrong!) ;D |
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Post by Antenora on Sept 19, 2004 15:18:35 GMT -5
Tocuna isn't pronounced Tuh-coon-uh? It's something along the lines of "To-kyu-na". And I also thought it sounded Japanese, or like the name of a tropical island. |
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