Grüss
It recently came to my attention that the good people over at Sonic State mentioned my blog in their weekly podcast.
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While I’m flattered by their kind words and thankful for the endorsement, I wanted to take this chance to clear something up: The pronunciation of Gruss.
The mispronunciation of Gruss is something that has plagued my family for centuries. I’m sure my great-great grandfather encountered this as he stepped off the boat at Ellis Island, twinging as they called out something that sounded like “bus” or “fuss”.
Rather than legally changing my last name to include umlauts, here are some visual aids which might assist with the proper pronunciation.
Grüss – Sounds like:
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it’s german…
yeah but in german, grüss does not rhyme with bruce.
what does it sound like in german? is there phlegm involved?
http://beer2peer.com/ryan.wav – german accent in the house
there are two possible pronounciations, the first with a long ü would normally be written as “grüß” (the ß indicates a long vowel) but family names quite often make an exception to this, it would also sound like the imperative form of grüßen which means to greet. The second pronounciation is according to the modern german orthography.
Der Gruß, which rhymes with Bruce and should match your pronounciation, is german for “the greeting”, by the way.
thanks for the clarification robb. I’ve also been told there’s a “gruss” circus that travels around europe.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24633196@N00/339880156/
if this drumming thing doesn’t pan out, maybe I can start swallowing swords or eating fire.
why don’t use your umlaut roots to bring us a speed metal drümloöp?
I need to get that double pedal back from the shop. It melted the last time I played some blast beats.