[78-L] Baroosh

[David Sanderson]

On 2/24/2013 4:40 PM, Eòin f wrote:
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>   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
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>> 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

The best guess with this would be the German aspirated "ch", which I 
think no one has mentioned explicitly. Between the "sh" and the hard "k" 
is a sound that resembles getting ready to spit. Most people probably 
know this sound from "Bach" as pronounced - remember, an FM Classical 
announcer is the only person in the world who can say "Bach" without 
everyone else in the room looking for where he's going to spit.


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