[78-L] Baroosh

[Eòin f]

 Similarly any Catholic would think "The Book of Baruch", and pronounce it the same way. Then there are people named "Fuchs"; I often aim for "fox" and wait for them to make the correction. Jim> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:44:44 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> 
> Of course every Hebrew would automatically think "Boruch atoi adonoi" and 
> pronounce it baROOK or baROOKH. And Bernard Baruch was a well known name a 
> couple of generations ago. And Americans say "sked-ule" instead of "shed-ule" 
> so "barOOSH" came as a surprise.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 2/22/2013 7:18 PM, L78rpm at aol.com wrote:
> > I had childhood friends named Baruch.  They pronounced it Baroosh,
> > probably because American ears weren't accustomed to the hard Kh sound and they
> > had tired of correcting people.
> >
> > Consider how people deal with Charosh.  I don't care how people  pronounce
> > it, as long I know they are talking to me, not to someone else.   I
> > pronounce with a soft Ch, as in chocolate:  Cha-rish.  (Accent  on the first
> > syllable.)
> >
> > pc
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/22/2013 6:37:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > dlennick at sympatico.ca writes:
> >
> > Hey, OTR  fans, did Andre Baruch pronounce his last name "Ba-ROOSH"? I'd
> > have
> > assumed it was ba-ROOK but the tobacco auctioneer Speed Riggs clearly says
> > "Well, it's like this, Mr. Baroosh".
> >
> > With men who know tobacco,  it's Baroosh, two to one.
> >
> > Have you tried a Baroosh lately?
> >
> > It's  toasted.
> >
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