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Old 03-30-2008, 05:31 PM   #1
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Pronouncing "Bauhaus"
Well, I feel really stupid now.
I've been listening to some Bauhaus (pretty kickass, yes.), but I've looked, even in Youtube interviews and stuff, and I can't figure out how to pronounce it.
Is it bow-house, or bah-hoss, or what?
Sorry guys. =/
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Old 03-30-2008, 05:41 PM   #2
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I always thought it was 'bow-house'.
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Old 03-30-2008, 05:54 PM   #3
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Okay, thanks, haha.. :]
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Old 03-30-2008, 05:58 PM   #4
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I thought it was more "Bow-HOH-s
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Old 03-30-2008, 06:05 PM   #5
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I've always pronounced it "baw-hous".
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Old 03-30-2008, 06:06 PM   #6
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I always thought it was 'bow-house'.
Yah I agree. Thats how it is pronounced.
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Old 03-30-2008, 06:07 PM   #7
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I thought it was more "Bow-HOH-s
Interesting, I've never heard it pronounced like that.
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Old 03-30-2008, 06:14 PM   #8
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Yah I agree. Thats how it is pronounced.
Seconded, or thirded, or whatever we are on.
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Old 03-30-2008, 07:21 PM   #9
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I always thought it was 'bow-house'.
Correct.

A note of clarification though: "bow" as in "the bow of a ship," not as in "violin bow."
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Old 03-30-2008, 07:31 PM   #10
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In Germany they have Home Depot-like stores called "Bauhaus", which translates loosely to "building house".

I always laughed when I saw them!
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Old 03-30-2008, 11:09 PM   #11
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In Germany they have Home Depot-like stores called "Bauhaus", which translates loosely to "building house".

I always laughed when I saw them!
You know that it was the name of a German school of design in the 1920's, right?
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Old 03-30-2008, 11:20 PM   #12
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Hi! I think I'd have to agree with "bow-hous". That's what we're told in architecture at least, so it's probably the same.
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Old 03-30-2008, 11:30 PM   #13
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In Germany they have Home Depot-like stores called "Bauhaus", which translates loosely to "building house".

I always laughed when I saw them!
That's just awesome.
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Old 03-31-2008, 01:16 AM   #14
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You know that it was the name of a German school of design in the 1920's, right?
I did, but had forgotten it until you reminded me. Still, the name amused me and my husband when we saw it. I loved going in there, they had an amazing craft section that I loved!
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Old 03-31-2008, 01:49 AM   #15
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Yeah, its German, so aks yer German friends the proper pronunciation.

Even though this is their wiki page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(band)

They have an audio file with the proper pronunciation here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

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Old 03-31-2008, 04:13 PM   #16
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Yay! Now I can stop feeling like a moron when I bug my friends with songs.
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Old 03-31-2008, 04:45 PM   #17
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Take a bow in da house. While we're at it, "Siouxsie Sioux" is pronounced "Susie Sue".
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Take a bow in da house. While we're at it, "Siouxsie Sioux" is pronounced "Susie Sue".
Tee-hee. I showed my bio teacher what I had on my i-pod, and he thought it was "sushi sue". I love mispronunciations!
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