I have noticed that there appears to be a difference in the pronunciation of 'Asperger'.

Is this a Europe/America divide or something else?

I wouldn't think so. More the different accents...

hard g here, where is it soft?

*obnoxious note: sarah's favorite letter is g, hence the children and newfound last name.   *

Well I say Aspergers not Asperjers, as the soft G would have it ;p

I say Asperger's with a soft g, for two reasons: one, it is followed by the letter e; two, a german psychologist told me that it is pronounced with a soft g in German and Hans Asperger was Austrian.

I prounouce it :AS-per-grs
with a gr like in the word Growl.

I notice the variation in this country, from different people..so it can't be a cultural thing or w/e.

My guess is it's personal preference.

Soft g here...

I think it's inevitable that the pronunciation would be different, considering most of the information people have is either online or from books... I've even heard it pronounced "oz-burgers" before...

I pronounce it with a hard G.

"G" in German is always "hard", never pronounced like "J". English often modifies "borrowed" words so that doesn't necessarily carry over.  Because I knew Dr. Asperger was Austrian and I took German in high school I never really considered pronouncing it with a soft G.

Does anyone know how you pronounce it in Holland? I usually say it the English way or just call is AS, but I have a meeting with a specialist in a few weeks to see if I qualify for a diagnosis and me and my mother are quite afraid that we'll pronounce it wrong. We know that the specialists won't mind if we do, but we would be more comfortable if we knew how to say it.

Soft G = that's how we say it in Australia.

I don't really know, but I always say it with a soft g, probably because that's my accent... I think you should just say it the way you think it sounds the best.

I think it seems illogical to pronounce it as Asperjers here in Norway.

Asperger is a German name, hence it would be most natural to pronounce it like it would be pronounced in German. On the other hand, I'm sure you will make yourself understood however you pronounce it. Do note that the "soft g" isn't any variation of g but rather [dZ], so if you pronounce it that way, you're leaning too much on the English ortopgrahic conventions.