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LetMyPeopleVote

(155,578 posts) Sat Apr 1, 2023, 04:23 PM Apr 2023

'It's pronounced WAT-ER-BRR-GRRR' Beloved burger chain causes a stir on social media

This makes me smile

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https://www.khou.com/article/features/whataburger-causes-a-stir-on-social-media-pronounciation-name-texas/273-c5ca8a9f-a213-44df-baf8-5a366f460a33

SAN ANTONIO — A three-word tweet from one of Texas' most-beloved burger chains has set off an age-old debate here in the Lone Star State.

Whataburger tweeted March 9 "It’s pronounced 'WAT-ER-BRR-GRRR'", obviously aiming to set the record straight on the proper way to say its name and addressing those who choose to pronounce it "What-a-burger" and other ways.

The tweet quickly went viral, with many people on both sides of the epic debate weighing in, along with those who don't care how it's pronounced, as long as they get their sandwich favorites.

By Thursday afternoon, the post received more than 5,700 likes and 440,000 views on Twitte

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'It's pronounced WAT-ER-BRR-GRRR' Beloved burger chain causes a stir on social media (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 OP

Water draining clockwise causes a shit stir on social media, depending on your loci. Alexander Of Assyria Apr 2023 #1

Seeing that Whataburger and I were both born in Corpus Christi, TexasTowelie Apr 2023 #2

That recalls the old M-M-M-M-Mel Tillis commercial they ran forever ago. n/t cloudbase Apr 2023 #3

I remember Tillis doing them back in the 80s when Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2023 #7

ok.... snot Apr 2023 #4

Damn y'all, you have left me hungering for a Wat-er-brr-grrr. Chainfire Apr 2023 #5

Whataburger aint whataburger no more Javaman Apr 2023 #6

The war of northern burger aggression ;) n/t Cheezoholic Apr 2023 #9

Damn tootin'! Javaman Apr 2023 #10

Do they sell Barbara-Q? n/t Harker Apr 2023 #8

One time, we were driving the boy scouts around LeftInTX Apr 2023 #11

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

1. Water draining clockwise causes a shit stir on social media, depending on your loci.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 04:25 PM

Apr 2023

TexasTowelie

(117,577 posts)

2. Seeing that Whataburger and I were both born in Corpus Christi,

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 04:31 PM

Apr 2023

I always knew how to say the name the correct way. One of my sisters also worked there and every time she comes back to Texas one of her first missions is to find a Whataburger to eat at.

cloudbase

(5,798 posts)

3. That recalls the old M-M-M-M-Mel Tillis commercial they ran forever ago. n/t

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 04:38 PM

Apr 2023

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,366 posts)

7. I remember Tillis doing them back in the 80s when

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 06:48 PM

Apr 2023

TV stations in the Phoenix area ran them.

snot

(10,815 posts)

4. ok....

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 05:09 PM

Apr 2023

I would have said wuh-tuh-berger, but that's pretty close. Is someone saying it differently than either of those?

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

5. Damn y'all, you have left me hungering for a Wat-er-brr-grrr.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 05:25 PM

Apr 2023

The nearest one is 30 miles away....

Javaman

(63,196 posts)

6. Whataburger aint whataburger no more

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Apr 1, 2023, 05:30 PM

Apr 2023

Bought up by Chicago outfit

Cheezoholic

(2,647 posts)

9. The war of northern burger aggression ;) n/t

Reply to Javaman (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 12:56 PM

Apr 2023

Javaman

(63,196 posts)

10. Damn tootin'!

Reply to Cheezoholic (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 02:32 PM

Apr 2023

The ketchup gas was overwhelming in the lettuce trenches. I don’t want to get into the tomato bombs; still makes me shutter

Harker

(15,215 posts)

8. Do they sell Barbara-Q? n/t

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 05:56 AM

Apr 2023

LeftInTX

(30,636 posts)

11. One time, we were driving the boy scouts around

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2023, 06:24 PM

Apr 2023

We had gone to Enchanted Rock. One if then had to pee real bad. There happened to be a Whataburger and I said "Whataburger", kid says, "Don't say water..."

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