It wasn't until today that I learned that the proper pronunciation of "Suess" is actually "Soice" or "Zoice", which rhymes with voice. By the way, today is Dr. Seuss' birthday.
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Proper Pronunciation of "Suess"
Started by Driver Nate, Mar 02 2012 11:16 AM
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 11:16 AM
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 12:26 PM
They played "Sidewinder" on the radio today ;-) :-) !!!
[The "eu" seems like the german way of speaking it, although "Seuss" does not sound very german, but Theodor Seuss Geisel had a german father.
... There's a city in Germany called "Neuss" ;-) ....]
[The "eu" seems like the german way of speaking it, although "Seuss" does not sound very german, but Theodor Seuss Geisel had a german father.
... There's a city in Germany called "Neuss" ;-) ....]
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 01:37 PM
Did I read somewhere that that is why Michael laughs is because he was supposed to pronounce the proper way (as noted above), but, couldn't do it?
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 03:22 PM
mrocks7, on 03 March 2012 - 01:37 PM, said:
Did I read somewhere that that is why Michael laughs is because he was supposed to pronounce the proper way (as noted above), but, couldn't do it?
I think the story is that he could only say it with the "Z" sound and that it was actually pronounced with an "S" sound. I had never heard of the "zoice" thing until yesterday which is the German pronunciation.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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