Is it pronounced "Webber" or "Weeber"?

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/01/2014 at 10:51 • Filed to: None

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And is it the same company as the one that makes grills?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 10:52

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I always pronounced it Webber like the grilles, and i'm pretty sure they aren't related.

RazoE > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 10:52

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Looks like it's "wee-burr." Double B would make it a short vowel.

Brian, The Life of > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 10:55

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FIAT owns Weber carbs, Weber grills in an American company ... because of course it is.

quarterlifecrisis > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 10:56

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It's "webber." Not to be confused with our favorite chisled jawed Aussie...that's "Webbah."

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 10:57

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There's your answer.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 11:05

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I had a Swiss roommate who was a Weber, she preferred something similar to Veyber.

Nibbles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 11:10

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Lazy 'a'. More 'a' than 'Webber', less 'a' than 'Wayber'

Roberto G. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 11:36

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It's undoubtely pronunced Veber (click the loudspeaker icon in the Italian box), because it was founded by Edoardo Weber (1889–1945), an Italian engineer whose family was of Austrian ancestry, therfore it's a German family name. And no, they never made grills.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RazoE 05/01/2014 at 11:42

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Nope - "er" end doesn't uniformly lengthen a vowel, even after a non-double consonant. Generally, it'd be determined by whether it's a verb form of an elongated vowel noun. If the word is long vowel in that case, the verb form is elongated, if it's irregular, the verb form usually is as well, and words that aren't a verb form are typically not elongated. Compare: "lover", "whether" (not a single cons., but a dipthong so equivalent), "bower", "lever", vs. "lifesaver", etc.

RazoE > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/01/2014 at 11:43

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All true. Me = schooled

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RazoE 05/01/2014 at 11:46

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The Englishes, they being sneaky. It's like a geopolitical union with a vast range of zones and practices, only connected by broad trade agreements.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/01/2014 at 12:21

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Web-er

M54B30 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2014 at 10:25

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I grew up with a German mom (who's maiden name, coincidentally, is Weber) and learned German before English. Ergo, I say Wee-ber.