My friend pronounce it as Norr, when I pronounced the K in it, she burst laughing! So whats the deal here?
2007-03-05 19:13:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes I know about the grammer issue! Its just that Knorr is a German name!
And the TV Commercial for ir in France goes: "Ka-nore, J'adore"
Meaning I love Knorr!
What I really wanted is the pronounciation of the food brand name Knorr!!
2007-03-05 19:20:14 · update #1
In German, we pronounce every letter. There are no silent constonants nor modifying vowel combinations -- with a couple of exceptions on the last rule I mentioned. For instance, it is "Porshay" for Porsche. In Europe we say Kay-nor. Knorr is part of Unilever, which germinated from British companies. Americans are used to the Latin silent "p" and "k" in English. So, it's a toss-up and I suppose wherever your location is where the conversation takes place.
2007-03-05 19:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am in the MiddleEast region, and the TV Commercials here do pronounce the "K" in "Knorr"
I know in France they pronounce the "K" because the TV commercial goes:" Ka-nore, J'adore" meaning I love Knorr of course..
Knorr is German last name for the founder, you pronounce it with the K if you want...
I would go with the good old saying... "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!"
When in Europe do say Ka-nor.... when in America dont LOL! And so on!!
Right? ;-)
2007-03-05 19:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by SAM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Knorr is a German brand and in Germany you definitely pronounce the K.
I guess you can call it "norr" for the below mentioned English pronunciation rules, but that's just the anglicized version.
2014-02-13 02:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silent k. I just called their 800 number to find out.
2007-03-05 19:47:35 · answer #4 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just like NOR - minus the K at the start and drop the last R.
2007-03-05 20:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by DC Fanatic 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know for sure, but I think your friend is correct. The K is silent.
2007-03-05 19:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
silent K pronounced "nore" like bore, gore, pore
2007-03-05 19:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nor i think the k is silent when it comes before a consonant!
2007-03-05 19:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by lady26 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your friend is right...pronounced 'knorr' with a silence for K...
2007-03-05 19:18:06 · answer #9 · answered by gegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nor.
Your friend is correct, it's like Knife or Knowledge.
2007-03-05 19:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by pepper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋