How do you pronounce "grebt" ?

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When you see a word printed that has extra letters in it, what pronunciation goes through your mind? Do you always hear each letter? Do words that you use all the time sound correct or do you phonetically think those words too?

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.. just wondering. Because I was thinking I hear "grebt" at "Gret" with an almost silent B. I'm not sure it's even pronouncable, but I can hear it that way. So I wondered if everyone does it the same way or if people do vastly different things...

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

grebed't

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard Tom Ewing say 'grebt" once. He said GREBT with an audible B.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

And by the way, I have to stop myself from trying to pronounce it with an almost silent B everytime I'm in a group of people and I want to say "great" ... so thanks, ILX.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

grebt definately has an audible b in it, always has done.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 29 February 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd pronounce it with an audible B, but with a T similar to 'doubt'

― caitlin (caitlin), Sunday, 29 February 2004 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

WHAT DOES GREBT MEAN?

― ..., Sunday, 29 February 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

It's something to do with blowjobs, I believe.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 29 February 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

it just means "great"

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

the mispelling was due to someone we know receiving a drunken txt msg from an ex-boyfriend claiming she "gave grebt head"

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, then who is grebt?

― Sengai, Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

??? sigh, the B was accidental and should have been an A. this was in the days before predictive text...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 29 February 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Etymology of "grebt"?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 29 February 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"douche"

― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 29 February 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

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