Unofficial Tex Murphy

Care to phonetically spell it out Fred, so we can get an idea?

Good job, Nick!

I don't know how, to be honest. There is no English equivalent of the sound. Norwegian is weird that way, I guess.

Bjorn knows what I'm talking about, though. Maybe he knows a way? Well? Do ya, punk?

-Fred

Fred is it anything like the German u umlaut? I might be an anglophone ( ) now, but still know my umlauts...

Thank you Nick - the quickest ever I think!

I saw the Swedish movie, Let The Right One In and I know that some of the sounds are similar to Norwegian as they are both Scandinavian countries, even though the languages are different.

What is funny is that when I hear my youngest daughter babble, I swear, some of the sounds are similar. Obviously it is incoherent babble, but her babble sounds are not the typical goo gaga type.

They have a lot of vowel sounds running into each other, rather than consonants.
You kind of have to hear it to know what I am talking about.

I think we need a recording of the proper way to say your name =)

lestat666 wrote:... I think we need a recording of the proper way to say your name =)

Ha! If you get me the recording I'll throw it up on the next episode with a piece of the tape from this last one.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I never in a million years thought I'd land Tex Murphy on our show (let alone TWICE). He's a real stand up guy that Chris Jones.

Excellent work, Nick. You do us proud!

Try using Google Translate. Remember to set it to Norwegian, though. It's close enough.

My name, translated, means either bows (plural of bow) arches, arcs (plural), loops or curves. Also, apparently, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buer_%28demon%29

-Fred

Yeah that's how I thought it would sound - and now I know what buer means in English. You learn something new every day...

Brilliantly done!

Great interview!

I still have a big stupid grin on my face after hearing the podcast

Thanks so much for asking so many of my questions RetroNick! I didn't think you'd do that many!

Fred Buer wrote:I don't know how, to be honest. There is no English equivalent of the sound. Norwegian is weird that way, I guess.

Bjorn knows what I'm talking about, though. Maybe he knows a way? Well? Do ya, punk?

-Fred

It's be easier to teach a donkey to do backflips than to teach an american how to pronounce your last name Fred, but I'm sure it'd be just as entertaining, so let be give it a go.

Okay, american, pronounce the word "brewer", in your head. Now, pronounce it again, without the "r". Now you're saying "booer", as in a person who boos. But you're pronouncing the "r" wrong - you have to trill it. How to do that? Think of the name "Eddie". Think of the way you pronounce the "Edd" part. No replace that sound with the "er" from "booer" with that. Now you're saying "boo-edd". Now, you're almost there, but you're pronouncing the "boo" part wrong. You're saying "boo" like a ghost. Totally wrong. Replace the double "o" in "boo" with the sound you make when you see someone eat a booger, namely "ew". So now we have "b-ew-edd". "B-ew-edd". Fred B-Ew-Edd. Got it? Good.

Bests, Rockefeller

Thanks so much clearer now.