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How is "Rosecrans" pronounced? nt (Original Post)
raccoon
May 2012
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Steerpike
(2,693 posts)1. it's pronounced
rose-cranz
WillParkinson
(16,879 posts)2. Does it matter?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)3. GILD' - en - stern
raccoon
(32,281 posts)4. I meant the Civil War general! nt
NoPasaran
(17,317 posts)6. I've always heard it pronounced Rose-crans
rug
(82,333 posts)7. It doesn't matter. He's dead.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)10. Alas poor Rosecrans, I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite quibble.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)8. Let em recognize from Long Beach to Rosecrans
Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, it's west side
So you know the row won't bow down to no man
-tupac
Bucky
(55,334 posts)9. I mostly hear it said "Ro zen kranz"
I know, there's only sposed to be one N in there, but then again there's no R in colonel. There's no F in enough. There's no I in women.
bluedigger
(17,417 posts)12. I don't know about you, but there's no "me" in women, either.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)13. have you tried begging?
bluedigger
(17,417 posts)14. Is there another way?
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)11. "Bob". The 'Q' is silent.
C'mon, this is third-grade stuff, get a harder one for us.
