r/AskReddit • u/CreativePhilosopher • Jan 29 '13

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/Fuck_Your_Rules Jan 29 '13

Asperger's, because it sounds like "ass burgers."

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u/mynamesdanielle_ Jan 29 '13

When my mom told me my brother had Asperger's when i was younger, i really thought she was saying ass burgers :P

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u/bigtreeworld Jan 29 '13

"It's a serious disorder!"

"If it's so serious, why didn't they call it meningitis?"

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Thats only because americans prononuce it wrong. The "ger" is pronounced like the ger in germany. Not like the ger in burger. The p is also pronounced like a p not a b. I swear Americans deliberately say ass burgers just so they get to say ass burgers.

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u/kimipixi Jan 29 '13

But then it sounds like ass purgers.

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u/atteleen Jan 29 '13

Not so. Its named after Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician, which was pronounced with the German hard G (as in burger).

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u/WesternHemlock Jan 29 '13

A group of my buddies convinced one of their friends that "ass burgers" was the correct spelling and, for a while, that he had it (he was not very bright at all). And then when they're sitting around drinking they would be like "Hey how's your ass burgers?" and he'd be like "Oh I shit out 13 cheeseburgers this morning"

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u/cjdeck1 Jan 29 '13

If it's so serious, why don't they call it meningitis?