Any Folks from Belgium? (pronunciation question)

We just started selling Hoegarden beer at my job. I have seen online that it is pronounced who gar den. But everyone at work says ho gar den. So which is it? Our supplier, ironicly the Budweiser (Bud guy sells mainly redneck beer.) guy calls it ho gar den. I think it is who gar den.

Any Flemish (I think that is the language) speaking folks? I have a $20 bet with my boss, I picked who gar den, he picked ho gar den.

Thanks

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I think you win $20

http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/pronounce/speak.html

 

Sweet, I win! Besides Chimay, that is my fav beer.

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The spelling for that beer is Hoegaarden and the phonetic way to say it is
HO_HARDEN but you have to pronounce the second H phoneticcaly as HUH
its an inflection from the throat so it sounds like HO_HUHARDEN without hearing the language used its very hard to explain the Flemish always pronounce the letter G as HUH

here is a pronunciation chart i hope it helps an you get your 20$
http://www.dutchtrav.com/pg/pron.html

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I appreciate the reply and the link. Ahh, looks like me and my boss are wrong. If it is pronounced ho huh ardin then the bet would be off. Sorry about misspelling it in my first post. Not too many double a's in English.

Thanks BillMC

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I did do a second post with some links to our Beer brewing industry but it seems i have done something wrong as it does not show ( maybe advertising is forbidden)????

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Kriek beer....:drool

But dang they are expensive! .75 cents or so an ounce.

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Who needs all the fancy stuff when we have "Tinnints"

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Tennents_Lager_large.jpg

 

the problem is you need more of those before you fall over

 

Problem solved. The correct pronunciation, (at least the one provided by the Hoegaarden folks for the product sold in the USA) Is [who] [gar] [den]. It is on the handle of the six pack... Thanks for the info into the Flemish Language. Love the beer, don't understand the language.

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Don't worry FRED i have lived here over 20 years and i still have problems with the languagehttp://bestsmileys.com/silly/4.gif

glad you like the beerhttp://bestsmileys.com/drinks/4.gif