how do you pronounce Grob?

I hear most people pronounce Grob with a B on the end. But I dont think
it is actually a B but rather an esset which is a letter in german that
looks like a B but is pronounced as a hard S. So Grob should really be
pronouced Gross.

I hear most people pronounce Grob with a B on the end

That´s the correct pronounciation.

So Grob should really be pronouced Gross.

There could be jokes about "Gross" leading to "gross weight", but they are
not pronounced that way ;-))

Michael

In article ,
"Michael Huber" wrote:

I hear most people pronounce Grob with a B on the end

That´s the correct pronounciation.

So Grob should really be pronouced Gross.

There could be jokes about "Gross" leading to "gross weight", but they are
not pronounced that way ;-))

The funnier joke is that grob is the Russian word for coffin.

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Is it "Grow"b?
Is it "graw"b?

wrote:
Is it "Grow"b?
Is it "graw"b?

I've heard it pronounced "led swan"
;-)

Shawn

Shawn wrote:
wrote:
Is it "Grow"b?
Is it "graw"b?

I've heard it pronounced "led swan"
;-)

Shawn

Hey, I've flow a Grob 102 a lot.
The only time it felt like lead was when I couldn't get out of the
1,000+ fpm sink on the way back to the field. 'Sclose. Enough for me,
anyway. 80

I don't know about the Grob, but I lost some weight, if you know what I
mean.....

Hi,

Is it "Grow"b?
Is it "graw"b?

The former.

Ciao, MM
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http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
"I ran some quick calculations on it. He's about 80% on the right
track. That leaves him only 20% dead when he crashes." Bob C

Interesting. In the US, pretty much everybody I know pronounces it
Grow"b (long O).

I guess that's the non-metric pronounciation!

More useless trivia: My glider is an LS6-b according to the flight
manual. Yet everytime I see an LS in print in the US it's called an
LS-6B, LS-4A, etc. Maybe because that's how we name our military
planes (EA-6B, for example)?

And if a Grob 103 is a Concrete Swan - then a Schweizer 2-32 is an
Aluminum Overcast! Love that beast too...

This is bad - I need a thermal fix soon!

Cheers,
Kirk
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I've had a look at Grob's web site. The b at the end
of the word is just an ordinary b and there is no umlaut
on the o.
Therefore you should pronounce Grob almost exactly
as you would in English, with a short 'o' sound. It
is not Grobe or Gross!

The old Grob Twin Astir acquired the nickname of 'The
Concrete Swan' in the UK.

Derek Copeland
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At 17:06 08 February 2006, Shawn wrote:
wrote:
Is it 'Grow'b?
Is it 'graw'b?

I've heard it pronounced 'led swan'
;-)

Shawn

Derek Copeland wrote:
I've had a look at Grob's web site. The b at the end
of the word is just an ordinary b and there is no umlaut
on the o.
Therefore you should pronounce Grob almost exactly
as you would in English, with a short 'o' sound. It
is not Grobe or Gross!

The old Grob Twin Astir acquired the nickname of 'The
Concrete Swan' in the UK.

Derek Copeland


That was it! Concrete or lead, I've had many great flights in the 102
and 103.

Shawn


Is it 'Grow'b?
Is it 'graw'b?


I've heard it pronounced 'led swan'
;-)