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Old 08-08-2002, 04:10 PM
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As in, rhymes with pukes or as in f*cks? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Old 08-08-2002, 04:41 PM
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"*****" perhaps?
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yes...it rhymes with "puke" and "duke"

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Old 08-09-2002, 02:30 AM
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Depends who you are talking to.... <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

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I read somewhere a few weeks ago that the German pronunciation would rhyme with 'books' (i.e. *****)...can amyone confirm this? Thanks...Keith
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Keith is correct - it does sound like '*****' in German to most of us, although 'pukes' and 'dukes' above is probably correct bearing in mind the myriad of dialects within USA.
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I've always gone with the "pukes" rhyme, with the y in there.

FYOOKS, to me.
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Hi,
had a german friend with this as her surname - and she pronounced it '*****' - but maybe she was just being dainty?
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try '*****' - I got this from a company in the UK with this name so it must be right ( Unlike the UK company GPT which opended in France - "GPT" in French means I need teh toilet !!)
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The German girlfriend was closest with "*****" and of course she should know. and she wasn't being dainty-the German pronunciation is not near the f---- word. "*****" but with deep double o, As in "poohie"
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