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Offline Griff

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« on: August 14, 2013, 08:55:09 PM »
Okay, How does one properly pronounce the name "Rohrbaugh"?
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Re: pronunciation
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2013, 09:12:18 PM »

Roar-baw; subject to correction, of course.

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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2013, 05:00:07 PM »
That's how the the brothers pronounce it...  Except with a slight New York accent.   ;)
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Re: pronunciation
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2013, 07:48:33 PM »
I asked Maria if it was like a lion and a lamb, she laughed and said yeah.  ;)
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2013, 09:22:22 PM »
The lamb bleat would be something like 'baa; not quite the same as "baw" which is not the flat "a" as a lamb tone. That would be similar to the duck in the Aflac ads.
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2013, 12:26:48 AM »
I think the Roar Law but Law with a B .. Baw. is the best written
pronunciation explanation . Cool name for sure  :)
I now attempt the use a light New York accent when saying it.  Fun.
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Re: pronunciation
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2013, 07:40:49 PM »
Thank you gentlemen for your replies.  I thought it was roar-baa.
I really like the lion and lamb reference Tom.  Good one.
Well described Tracker.

I had someone "correct" me at a sporing goods/gun store that told me it was Row-baa...no lion, only lamb.  We were near the boating department.



I also go with toe-may-toe and poe-tay-toe, but am good with either ahh-men or ay-men when referring to the One whom is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God.
‘Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive...those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.‘
- C. S. Lewis