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Betty Says Gauss Wrong.

Started by Axeface, Mar 04 2015 11:01 AM

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#1 Axeface

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:01 AM

Betty, and also many players pronounce Gauss incorrectly. The proper pronunciation sounds like "mouse", not "gorse/goss". It also sounds a lot cooler if you say it correctly.

Just saying :D


Edited by Axeface, 06 March 2015 - 06:44 AM.

#2 mogs01gt

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:02 AM

Who the hell says gorse????

#3 Axeface

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:02 AM

View Postmogs01gt, on 04 March 2015 - 11:02 AM, said:

Who the hell says gorse????


Lots of people, and betty.

#4 The Silent Protagonist

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:03 AM

Anyone who says "gowss" is wrong. Betty is right. "Gauss" = "gorse" end of :angry:

This is going to be Atlases vs Atlai all over again isn't it...

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:05 AM

View PostAxeface, on 04 March 2015 - 11:02 AM, said:


Lots of people, and betty.


Nope, Betty say moar like "mouse" indeed (referring to the pronounce of the O as A)...

EDIT: My girlfriend said it's "gloss cannon". Oh my...

Edited by Ascaloth, 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM.

#6 Axeface

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM

View PostLt XKalibur, on 04 March 2015 - 11:03 AM, said:

Anyone who says "gowss" is wrong. Betty is right. "Gauss" = "gorse" end of :angry:

This is going to be Atlases vs Atlai all over again isn't it...


No, not end of. It is Gauss like Mouse.

#7 ilikerice

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM

Isn't it mainly mispronounced as "gawws"

#8 RedDevil

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM

I used to pronounce it "Goss"

#9 stjobe

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM

It should rhyme with "mouse": http://en.wikipedia....Friedrich_Gauss

Edit for the lazy: On that page, click on List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss and then on the entry for Gauss gun.

Edited by stjobe, 04 March 2015 - 11:10 AM.

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:06 AM

I say it like gauze. I know it's wrong, but meh.

#11 Destructicus

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:07 AM

I pronounce it like 'gauze'

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#12 TercieI

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:07 AM

The longest running mis-pronunciation-fight-fest in Geekdom (except for melee, kill me now...)

#13 Ascaloth

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:08 AM

View PostTerciel1976, on 04 March 2015 - 11:07 AM, said:

The longest running mis-pronunciation-fight-fest in Geekdom (except for melee, kill me now...)


Hands up...

mee lee

#14 AlmightyAeng

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM

View Postmogs01gt, on 04 March 2015 - 11:02 AM, said:

Who the hell says gorse????

The same people who "warsh" their clothes.

#15 Macksheen

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM

"Drow" is pronounced just like "Bow".

#16 DaZur

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM

Interesting...

I usually read it *&%$#@ Who the hell is shooting me!!! :P

#17 Greenjulius

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM

The correct pronunciation is indeed Gowse, kind of like "ouch."

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:10 AM

Ga-uss

is that really that hard?

#19 AlmightyAeng

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:10 AM

View PostMacksheen, on 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM, said:

"Drow" is pronounced just like "Bow".


Unless you're feeling drowsy.

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 11:11 AM

View PostGhost Badger, on 04 March 2015 - 11:09 AM, said:

The same people who "warsh" their clothes.

Southerners and half of the midwest?
Rednecks?
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