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How is "Rosecrans" pronounced? nt (Original Post)
raccoon
May 2012
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Steerpike
(2,692 posts)1. it's pronounced
rose-cranz
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)2. Does it matter?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)3. GILD' - en - stern
raccoon
(31,125 posts)4. I meant the Civil War general! nt
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)6. I've always heard it pronounced Rose-crans
rug
(82,333 posts)7. It doesn't matter. He's dead.
Bucky
(54,068 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
(54,068 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
(17,087 posts)12. I don't know about you, but there's no "me" in women, either.
Bucky
(54,068 posts)13. have you tried begging?
bluedigger
(17,087 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.