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Why always 'Gessle'?

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on_a_mission said on June 1, 2003 12:57:

Just wondering - why is it that alot of the time people refer to Per as ’Gessle’? No-one really refers to Marie or any of the other roxband members by their surnames but Per gets ’Gessle’ all the time. Is there any special reason for this?

Pascal said on June 1, 2003 13:16:

Because it’s short and cute.

Jud (moderator) said on June 1, 2003 13:23:

just because it sounds very Gessle-ish :P

Mari said on June 1, 2003 13:54:

Becaus Gesse is not usual name, Fredriksson is.

poppy_head said on June 1, 2003 14:05:

the world according to Gessle

coyboyusa said on June 1, 2003 14:15:

cause everyone mis=pronounces per i guess

Santi said on June 1, 2003 14:15:

I refer to him usually as Mr. Gessle :P:D lol :D

Santi said on June 1, 2003 14:20:

Cuz “Pear” is a fruit :D

colinvdbel (moderator) said on June 1, 2003 16:38:

because his artist name for one of the best albums ever is Gessle....without Per,.....

on_a_mission said on June 1, 2003 16:44:

how do you pronounce ’Per’?

roxtexanet said on June 1, 2003 16:45:

@on_a_mission: Just like the fruit!

daniel_alv said on June 1, 2003 17:05:

no you don’t... you don’t pronounce per like pear...

roxtexanet said on June 1, 2003 17:11:

Alrighty, then.... how is it pronounced?

Denstandigaresan said on June 1, 2003 17:32:

I guess Per says Per... like Pear because most of the fans pronounce it that way.

Isn’t it like... Purr?

Jackeill said on June 1, 2003 18:40:

you should say per like “per” in “100 kilobytes per second” ;)

Ferdan said on June 1, 2003 18:41:

Per is pronnounced as “how much PER month?”, I think.
*edit* hehe, we posted it at the same time.

roxtexanet said on June 1, 2003 19:10:

No, Per is not pronounced like “purr,” that’s for sure... just listen to the way they say his name on the Swedish radio stations...

Santi said on June 1, 2003 19:37:

We don’t pronounce Per, we say “Gessle” :D:D:D

Denstandigaresan said on June 1, 2003 21:49:

I’m sticking to Purr... As in the way the others are saying... per second, per kilo... Purr, purr, purr!

I say Per... as in pair, pear when speaking about him to another brit... cuz of my accent.

roxtexanet said on June 2, 2003 14:18:

He says his own name in “Reporter”... “She wants the management to tell her where she can interview Marie and Per” (where “Per” is rhymed with “where”)!

Denstandigaresan said on June 2, 2003 15:14:

He does indeed... and you hit the nail on the head... because it rhymed!! Hehehe! ;)

Like I said previously, I say Pear... ! :D
Doesn’t Sweden have accents, depending on what part you are from... maybe that makes a difference? *Shrugs shoulders*

Santi said on June 2, 2003 15:23:

I’ve lived in Sweden and had a teacher with that name, and two classmates also (pretty common name...), and the main character in my book of Swedish language (Goda Grunder) was called like that... so I can assure you that I know how it’s pronounced :D (I’ve pronounced it in the classroom in front of the teacher hundreds of times!)...
And yeah, it rhymes with “where”...

on_a_mission said on June 2, 2003 21:15:

thanx...I consider myself truly enlightened now. :)

Santi said on June 3, 2003 11:13:

There’s a better reason for saying Gessle instead of Per.

There are loooooooots of Per’s in Sweden... but how many Gessles?? That is popular there just one!!! :P

Edit: (I just read that Mari said something simillar :D) How original I am :S

Zargo said on June 3, 2003 13:40:

maybe when ’the world according to fredriksson’ is released, things will change...