how would you pronounce this??

[jessica31876]

If you came across someone with the last name Knorr how would you pronounce it? Would you leave the k silent like in knit or knight or know or pronounce it like ka-nore? I cannot count the amount of people who tell me that the K is not silent LOL Ohhh or like when I went into vote this year I even spelled my name for the lady and she kept looking in the "n's" I kept telling her no it is under K!! I had to spell it like three or four times LOL

[Darcy Baldwin]

nor

[DawnMarch]

I agree - silent K. Nor.

[jessica31876]

see that is what I say too...we get people calling us all the time asking to speak to Mr. or Mrs. Ka-nore. I usually tell them there is nobody here by that name LOLnor

[lovely1m]

I actually know that a lot of people who's name begins with Kn pronounce the K, probably cause of all the idiots you run into. lol My maiden name is actually 2 first names put together, yet people canNOT get it right. I have even said its like (these 2 first names, put together) and they look at me like I have 2 heads. People are dumb when it comes to names.

[Libby Pritchett]

HA! I actually know a lady who's last name is Knipple. And it's pronounced ka-nipple (and I laugh every time I hear it cause apparently i'm a 12 year old boy trapped in a grown woman's body. LOL!)

[lizzyfizzy]

ya, i would pronounce it nor as well. people are just odd.

[jessica31876]

well I guess I do too because that just made me giggle. ;)HA! I actually know a lady who's last name is Knipple. And it's pronounced ka-nipple (and I laugh every time I hear it cause apparently i'm a 12 year old boy trapped in a grown woman's body. LOL!)

[pbumbaca]

HA! I actually know a lady who's last name is Knipple. And it's pronounced ka-nipple (and I laugh every time I hear it cause apparently i'm a 12 year old boy trapped in a grown woman's body. LOL!)

HAHA! I just got the biggest belly laugh out of this!

I would pronounce it Nor like the brand of food. :)

[lauren grier]

yep nor.. people mispronounce eeeeeverything though, so i'm not surprised :p I get mispronunciations on lauren when people call.. Lauren! .. that is not difficult.

[jessica31876]

LOL actua;lly that is what I usually say...like the soup. Too bad it is no relation :p

I would pronounce it Nor like the brand of food. :)

[jessica31876]

dang...how do they pronounce Lauren?? yep nor.. people mispronounce eeeeeverything though, so i'm not surprised :p I get mispronunciations on lauren when people call.. Lauren! .. that is not difficult.

[lizzyfizzy]

ka-nipple?!?! you're kidding right?!?!?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Libby Pritchett]

ka-nipple?!?! you're kidding right?!?!?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Dude I couldn't make something like that up. The first time I heard the name I thought i was gonna wet my pants. I'm very mature like that.

[digideb]

HAHA! I ♥ this thread! LOL
Yes, I'd say nor too! :)

[Leila]

Definitely Knorr, like the soup and dip mixes (http://knorr.com/noflashcontent/index.html).

I'll admit, our last name isn't the easiest to say, but how people get schwing and Schwartz out of Schweiss--I will never understand.

I used to live upstairs from a guy whose last name was Putz, only he said it Pootz. Seriously...not much better. He took his wife's name when they married. LOL!

[lovely1m]

lmao...at Knipple and Putz. I talked to a guy yesterday who's ln was Kisser. He told me, "Kisser. K I S S E R." lol I bet he got crap, too.

[newfiemountiewife]

HAHA! I just got the biggest belly laugh out of this!

I would pronounce it Nor like the brand of food. :)

Haha ditto on both counts!

[AnnieBananie]

Knipple and Putz made me guffaw right in the dog's ear. She was displeased. :unsure:

[Joan]

I totally understand the frustration, as my last name is routinely mangled, but many last names beginning with Kn do not have a silent K. In fact, I do believe the correct pronunciation of Knorr as far as the soup company goes is not a silent K. The company was German in origin and they pronounce the K: http://forvo.com/word/knorr/
I know my parents, who grew up with German being spoken around them by their grandparents pronounced it "ka-norr."

It's just one of those things. The history/origins of names and words leads to so many variations. The constant mispronunciation and misspelling of my name gives me endless amusement. I mean, seriously, it's Esau, like in the bible, yet apparently it's just way too many vowels in one place for most people. I get Ess-sow, Ess-soo or, my all time favourite, Ess-sow-oooooo. The spellings are hilarious... I can just see their wheels turning... must*add*more*consonants!! I flew home from England with a name that, I kid you not, had no vowels left in it by the time it made it from the travel agency to the airline to the check-in line at Heathrow. They weren't going to let me go home because it didn't remotely match my passport, but tears and explaining my name woes won them over (this was looooooong before 9/11!)

[SeattleSheri]

Definitely nor. I get people butching my last name too (makes me wish I kept my maiden name sometimes, lol).

[AnnieBananie]

Darn Germans!

My married name is Luepke.

Lip-key. :glare:

My favorite hacking of all time is luh-EEP-kuh... Loop-key is the most common hacking.

DH's ancestors were a-holes. *shrug*

[schock77]

That's funny! I'd say "Nor".. I also get that crap... myt las name is Schock (original username eh?) and I constantly get called "Schrock" or "Shook"...

Why does SCH- make sense in names like Schneider, but SCH-OCK is tough? It's pronounced "shock"... as in electric baby! LOL!:)

[jessica31876]

Knorr is german in its origin so maybe originally it was pronounced like that or it is pronounced by german people like that? My maiden name is german and my mom's maiden name is german also

[Leila]

That's funny! I'd say "Nor".. I also get that crap... myt las name is Schock (original username eh?) and I constantly get called "Schrock" or "Shook"...

Why does SCH- make sense in names like Schneider, but SCH-OCK is tough? It's pronounced "shock"... as in electric baby! LOL!:)


LOL! Someone once told me that they said my last name as Sk-wees because the Sch part made them think of the word school. I guess there's some logic in that. Faulty logic--but logic nonetheless.

[jessica31876]

My sons teacher's last name was Gustafson. Alot of people could not say her name so they called her Mrs. Gus. Of course that last name is the name of a large dairy farmer in our area so I dont think its all that hard to say. If Im not sure I would ask how they pronounce it.

[Linz]

we have an irish last name that does NOT start with "Mc" but for some reason people decide it does anyway. i seriously don't get how you can look at someone else's name and just add your own letters because you feel like it. :D it's really not that hard to pronounce, people just don't try. :p

if we have to give our last name at restaurants or something, we'll just say smith. easier, right? yep, except one time we ordered pizza and the guy asked me how to spell it. :huh: i said, "smi-ith" verrry slowly. and i don't want to know what he did to our pizza after that. :D

[Libby Pritchett]

we have an irish last name that does NOT start with "Mc" but for some reason people decide it does anyway. i seriously don't get how you can look at someone else's name and just add your own letters because you feel like it. :D it's really not that hard to pronounce, people just don't try. :p

if we have to give our last name at restaurants or something, we'll just say smith. easier, right? yep, except one time we ordered pizza and the guy asked me how to spell it. :huh: i said, "smi-ith" verrry slowly. and i don't want to know what he did to our pizza after that. :D

LMAO! Linz! I kid you not, we order pizza or get reservations under Harris. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier than Weifenbach. LOL!

[FireWolf]

Being in Holland and having a food brand by that name here we would pronounce the k sound...the Dutch are kinda funny that way...DH laughs at me all the time because the dutch type of hotdog is called knackworst...and I, being a silly american, always say it without the k sound when in fact it should have it.

[junebug]

i would pronounce it with a silent K.

and how the heck do you mis pronounce Lauren?? :D

Our last name is Monroe and we usually have to spell it for people. its not hard, lol. My maiden name was Rowan and i had the same problem with people saying it wrong or not knowing how to spell it.

but then again, i'm a spelling snob so i get annoyed easily when it comes to words, lol.

[beaucat]

I'd pronounce it as "nor"

[RealRach]

So Libby...Wife En Bock? How DO you say it?! LOL I'm curious now! I have a certain way of saying names and then when I hear them the proper way...it just blows my mind! LOL hahahaha

Curious minds want to know...how do you say Weifenbach?!

[ditzyscrap]

Another one that would pronounce without the K...

When people call the house (telemarketers), they ALWAYS say my name as "Breenie". It's Breanne. Not hard. WTH?!

[ditzyscrap]

So Libby...Wife En Bock? How DO you say it?! LOL I'm curious now! I have a certain way of saying names and then when I hear them the proper way...it just blows my mind! LOL hahahaha

Curious minds want to know...how do you say Weifenbach?!
Pretty sure she pronounces it Wife En Bock...I always pronounced it Wee Fen Bock myself until I heard her say it in her video, lol...