How do you pronouce Robau?

[Michael]

This is accurate because [...] they named the character after someone in the same family tree.

He's named after Roberto Orci's uncle, who was born in Cuba.

TrekMovie: Everything that has come out over the last month has answered a lot of questions, but also raised new ones. The first of which came up recently, related to Captain Robau, who was revealed on the new Intel site [boldlygo.intel.com]. Can you talk about who he is and what his background is, like his being from Cuba.
Roberto Orci: As you know, the [USS] Kelvin is named after, not only the same scientist with the temperature scale named after him, but also JJ’s grandfather. And the captain of that ship, Richard Robau, is named after my uncle, who was born in Cuba.

Interview in this TrekMovie article.

Ah, now I understand. I read that as though ConeyHOP thought Robau was named after someone in his family tree. I thought that was supposed to be a joke where the only thing missing was the laughing smiley.

 

[ConeyHOP]

He's named after Roberto Orci's uncle, who was born in Cuba.

TrekMovie: Everything that has come out over the last month has answered a lot of questions, but also raised new ones. The first of which came up recently, related to Captain Robau, who was revealed on the new Intel site [boldlygo.intel.com]. Can you talk about who he is and what his background is, like his being from Cuba.
Roberto Orci: As you know, the [USS] Kelvin is named after, not only the same scientist with the temperature scale named after him, but also JJ’s grandfather. And the captain of that ship, Richard Robau, is named after my uncle, who was born in Cuba.

Interview in this TrekMovie article.

Ah, now I understand. I read that as though ConeyHOP thought Robau was named after someone in his family tree. I thought that was supposed to be a joke where the only thing missing was the laughing smiley.

I am related to Richard Robau and Robert Orci. Though I have never met them - our family trees are connected.
my name is Omar Robau.

 

[Dukhat]

Thanks for continuing the age-old tradition at the TrekBBS for cadets to resurrect six-year-old thread topics just to make some esoteric comment.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I think it's pretty cool!

 

[Dukhat]

Yes, it's cool he's related to them...but why did he wait six years to tell us?

 

[Melakon]

To build suspense.

 

[Greg Cox]

FYI: the actor popped up on HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER last week, in what looks to be a recurring part.

 

[Franklin]

To build suspense.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Roh-bow (as in now). sorry no IPA here.

You correct. It's pronounced ROW (like row your boat) and BOW (like a dog's bow wow).

This is accurate because it is my last name and they named the character after someone in the same family tree.

Well this may be years late for the request, but I believe the IPA notation for Captain Robau's name is /'ɹoʊ.baʊ/.

 

[Makarov]

I believe its Baw-chika-ro-baw

 

[bbailey861]

FYI: the actor popped up on HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER last week, in what looks to be a recurring part.

He's supposed to be on "The Blacklist" tonight.

 

[SPCTRE]

He was on Chuck years ago, when this thread was still young. Well, maybe not young.

 

[M'Sharak]

Okay, the question has been answered and I think we're done here. Closing.