this has always been bugging me

[xXSniper1432Xx]

but how do you say Baur? is it like:

Bowwer?
Bore?

its always been bugging me everytime i see it:p

[The_Eliminator]

bow-wer

[Lunien]

I'd pronounce it bow-wer or bar lol

[xXSniper1432Xx]

sweet i fell better now lol..:p

[The_Eliminator]

Though mine is actually called Billy :D

[jake___]

I usually say Bow-er, but sometimes I think it should be pronounced Bar instead. I'm not quite sure. :p


Though mine is actually called Billy :D

lol

[nemesis908]

Errr...Baur.

[Drproctor]

I Saw Bore, like the animal

[SonicPixel]

I believe the "au" should be pronounced like "ow"...

b+ow+r = bow'r

[blank1]

Though mine is actually called Billy :D

HAH! I named mine Chuck.

:)

[Namakan]

HAH! I named mine Chuck.

:)

Now i gotta name mine to

[SonicPixel]

I named mine "Jack... Jack Baur"

lol

[Fluffy_Bunny]

mine is called jack baur...it only has clips of 24 bullets, but they never miss.

[Ezekiel]

Yea i also pronounce it

Bow'r

[The_Eliminator]

But is that (a)Bow an in bow and arrow or (b)bow as in someone is saying ouch that hurt.

???

So many unanswered questions :O

[Arid]

Mine is Susie...

[Biotech2142]

For me, due my primary language, will sound Bah - uh - r (all at once).

Something like an anime character name...

[Micster]

Bow - er.

Not so much "w" though, like Bah.

At least that's how I say it.

Ugh, very complicating.

[The_Eliminator]

Right i have figured it.

I say it

Bah-wer

Rhymes with Power

Power of the Baur

[m3talc0re]

I say it like "bar" but the "a" has a more "awe" sound to it: "bôhttp://www.yourdictionary.com/images/ahd/gif/lprime.gifr". Say "au naturel" [in the natural (nude)]. Another example of the "a" sound would be to say "all", just remove the two L's and you get an "awe" sound without the W. So it almost feels like you're saying "baw-er" but without the W sound.

[UNATCOII]

I pronounce it as "Burr".

Because it's a Burr in the butt to control in burst mode!

[Vikaman]

Errr...Baur.

Yeah... I mean, say it how it is spelt.

Damn, I mean, does this HAVE to be in the main discussion, the opinion does change, and so does the pronounciation... but... damn.

[THEONEANDONLY]

Bow-wear:)

[Kraxis]

Baur... Jack Baur... How can there be any different way of saying it?

I guess it sounds like "Baw-ah".

m3talc0re do you mean you say "Bor-err"?

[The_Eliminator]

How about we all meet up on the battlefield and give our opinions over VOIP. MUCH easier :D

[m3talc0re]

I'm sorry, but if you can't figure it out after the explanation I gave, then there's no other way to put it. Just say Bar with a slightly more pronounced "ah" sound. Kinda like "bah-er" but shorter...

[RichardDawkins]

only phonetics could solve this one, you can't account for how anyone is saying their words unless you rhyme in a known language...

i always thought it was like jack bauer. where does it come from? i mean, it could sound like the french name 'laure' for all i know, 'bore' in english

[Kraxis]

I'm sorry, but if you can't figure it out after the explanation I gave, then there's no other way to put it. Just say Bar with a slightly more pronounced "ah" sound. Kinda like "bah-er" but shorter...

I'm pretty certain we pronounce that differently, so that was why I tried to explain it in a different way. Bar with more 'ah' would just be 'Baah' (bar as in drinking bar or crossbar, crowbar, if that isn't the kind of bar you mean then tell me which one is), and I am certain that isn't what you are looking for.

When I say 'Bor-err' it is bor as in 'bore' but leave out the 'e' (smoothbore) and err as in "to err on the side of caution".

[Grayzag]

I think of it as Bore.

Maybe it's just my aussie accent.

[Lofty]

Bore for me too, it sounds as though it bores into the enemy :)

bow-wer sounds tacky. Reminds me of Jack with his little pistol

[blank1]

If it weren't pronounced "Bow-wer" would couldn't say "Baur power/Bower paur," etc. I say that everyone agree on "bow-wer" since it rhymes so excellently with power, flower, shower, hour, sour, tower, etc. Think of all the slogans we could come up with...

[BandoIruka]

boar


I also call hand grenades, Beercans

[Lofty]

I say that everyone agree on "bow-wer"

I say no :p

[NoseKi||s]

Every time i have to say it, I first think about "bowel" and then just change the last letter :)

[stockypotty2]

i say it like the animal bore here aswell

[SonicPixel]

i say it like the animal bore here aswell

That'd be "boar" as in the swine type of animal. Bore is a verb and it is what is happening to me right now.

:rolleyes:

Bore for me too, it sounds as though it bores into the enemy :)

bow-wer sounds tacky. Reminds me of Jack with his little pistol

Little pistol of death...

[Diamond621]

I pronounce it about halfway between BOW-wer and Bore, with a little of both entering into the pronunciation.

Regardless of what you call it, it's a beast in trained, patient hands.

By the way, off-topic question: When does Jack Bauer use the bathroom? It's been, what six seasons (days) now in real time...is this not an issue of continuity?

[Annhilator2142]

Bow - err, like Jack Bauer from 24 :D, hes the best of CTU

Watch Season 6 please, ull like it, i was amazed :shock:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n147/Dazia_/Jack%20Bauer/24Season6byDazia.jpg

[xXSniper1432Xx]

Bow - err, like Jack Bauer from 24 :D, hes the best of CTU

hell yeah i just started watching season 1 on DVD:yay: i love that show:D

[The_Eliminator]

If it weren't pronounced "Bow-wer" would couldn't say "Baur power/Bower paur," etc. I say that everyone agree on "bow-wer" since it rhymes so excellently with power, flower, shower, hour, sour, tower, etc. Think of all the slogans we could come up with...

Power of the Baur

Trade a flower for a Baur

Take your Baur to the Shower!

Its the Baur Hour

My Baur tastes Sour???

Look in the tower, its me and my Baur




Totally agree with this post :D

[Vikaman]

Different people will say it differently.
Thats all I can say, bower, bore, bow-wer, in the end, the message is sent across, left tree, top unlock.

[Bubas]

I read somewhere that baur and Voss were two german generals.
Is there any German in tha House to elucidate how we say this name?

[Diamond621]

Hitler's personal pilot was named General Hans Baur, but this is about all the reference I can find to the name. They certainly wouldn't name a modified SCAR 11 (that makes it presumably an amalgamation of U.S. and NATO-related arms manufacturers. They wouldn't use a Nazi name) after him 200 years later. It'd be like the U.S. naming a new model of tank after a secretary at the Kremlin.

[Kraxis]

Well, it doesn't really have to be an general that has lived... They might very well be future generals.

But in German Baur is indeed Baw-ah/Bow-er/whatever in that line. And Voss would be Foss if it is a German name, but I won't be using that at least.

[xXSniper1432Xx]

wheres colin when we need him? :p

[dontsh000t]

i pronounce it Baur =D

[RMcLeod]

Well as has already been pointed out Baur is a German Surname (this would make it rhyme with Tower).

Interestingly there was a German Theologist by the name of Ferdinand Christian Baur who had a son-in-law who was a philosopher named Eduard Zeller!

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