Someone left this at work yesterday.
Even in German, it wouldn’t sound like ‘Bay-ner’; that’s closer to an ä. Actually, with ö it’d sound more like a soft...
That’s how I pronounce it. Because it’s funny and I am twelve.
I keep telling people to go ahead and call him “Boner,” since he’s clearly an absolute prick.
:| We don’t have those in America.
but duh, it’s Kin-der surprise.
YES! I actually tried...change the pronunciation of his...on...
The “oe” in American surnames is usually a transition from an umlautted “o” … the sound of an umlautted letter has no...
yeah it’s german. i have a friend whose last name is Boehm, pronounced “Bame”. but this is still funny.
In German, ö can be written as “oe” when no umlaut is available for input, however it would still sound more like...
Phonics doesn’t usually apply to names. Boehner isn’t German, but it isn’t English either. My best friend’s last name is...
isn’t that a german thing, though? i don’t really get it. my name is hunter. we don’t really have any strange trick for...