Pronounciation

[zorg222]

Okay, this was before my time so give me a break here.

Is Roger Staubach's name pronounced Sta- bok where the 'o' makes the 'ah' sound or is it sta- back(pronounced like the word 'back')

Just wonderin'

 

[Jon88]

It's actually pronounced Straw-back.

 

[Yeagermeister]

bach as in the musician

 

[Hostile]

Okay, this was before my time so give me a break here.

Is Roger Staubach's name pronounced Sta- bok where the 'o' makes the 'ah' sound or is it sta- back(pronounced like the word 'back')

Just wonderin'

Stau rhymes with ah, and bach as in Johan Sebastion Bach.

 

[Cbz40]

bach as in the musician

and composer

 

[Crown Royal]

and composer

Bach = King of the Fugue

 

[Mamba]

Is bachellor derived from bach ? i don't know just post-whoring i guess....

 

[Crown Royal]

Is bachellor derived from bach ? i don't know just post-whoring i guess....

No. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=b

 

[Mamba]

I don't know what's worse that you looked it up or that i wrongly spelled "bachelor" .....i feel dumb.....

 

[Crown Royal]

I don't know what's worse that you looked it up or that i wrongly spelled "bachelor" .....i feel dumb.....

I like etymology. If I do end up getting my bachelor's () degree, I have given thought to a Linguistics Masters....

 

[Mamba]

sweet, as long as you stay in school......