Brand pronunciations

[discreet]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1331229764' post='1569964']
He doesn't disappoint, does he?
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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1331253139' post='1570475']
Only in bed from what we've all heard, but don't tell him I told you that...
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That's not what you said last night. Teaser.

Edited March 9, 2012 by discreet

[discreet]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1331229704' post='1569959']
Oh that was you was it? I thought it was a Giant Moth
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[icastle]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331260011' post='1570514']

[/quote]

There's absolutely no way you two didn't set that up!

Actually, I've noticed that you never see seashell and discreet at the same time... I reckon they're the same person.

[icastle]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331259738' post='1570512']
That's not what you said last night. Teaser.
[/quote]

I was being polite - plus the fact that a 20' tall moth makes a hell of a lot of dust if aggravated...

[discreet]

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1331265980' post='1570528']
I was being polite - plus the fact that a 20' tall moth makes a hell of a lot of dust if aggravated...
[/quote]

Tru, dat. I'm exhausted, me - I've just spent the entire night neurotically flapping around a giant light bulb. Oof.

[charic]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331284483' post='1570653']
Tru, dat. I'm exhausted, me - I've just spent the entire night neurotically flapping around a giant light bulb. Oof.
[/quote]

That's the moon...

[chris_b]

I'm still confused from when they changed Nestles.

[discreet]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1331287072' post='1570709']
I'm still confused from when they changed Nestles.
[/quote]

You mean, 'NESS-LAY' ?

[BottomE]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1331234741' post='1570112']
& Lâkland is actually pronounced "Lacky Land".[/quote]

Maybe round your house it is

[TRBboy]

There was the odd punter who came into the music shop i worked in and asked to have a go on an "Ibba-neigh"! (always eye-ban-ez as far as I'm concerned!)

We also had a guy come in and ask if we had "any of them Flangurr pedals"

The one that always really bothers me is D'addario; People who say "Dee-Addario" Its Da-da-rio!

[BILL POSTERS]

Used to work with a guy who always called Hewlett Packard Hewitt & Placard, sort of stuck, I still tend to say it that way now, twenty years later.

[shizznit]

Larry Lakland introduced himself to me as Larry 'Lake-land' at the NAMM show 2002, so I will take the pronounciation from the man himself

Edited March 9, 2012 by shizznit

[Low End Bee]

Thanks to this thread Terrorvision have been singing "Agg - Weee - Lar" in my head all day

Edited March 9, 2012 by Low End Bee

[paul_5]

What about "Ibanez"? not that I really care, I'm just contributing.

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1331297461' post='1570938']
The one that always really bothers me is D'addario; People who say "Dee-Addario" Its Da-da-rio!
[/quote]

Well, I was talking to Donald Addario just the other day and he said he didn't mind people using his initial.

[BILL POSTERS]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1331307511' post='1571181']
Thanks to this thread Terrorvision have been singing "Agg - Weee - Lar" in my head all day
[/quote]

I got that too, only with me its The Champs singing Ta kee laar,

[mart]

So how should I say Adidas? In the '70s it was simply ADDY-das, and then sometime (in the '90s? the decades started blurring then) it seemed to become a-DEE-das. And then (in the '00s?) Wikipedia said that it was short for Adi Dasler, so it should be Addy-DAS.

Or have I got that all wrong?

And, in any case, should I just go and buy Puma instead?

[razze06]

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1331310733' post='1571252']
So how should I say Adidas? In the '70s it was simply ADDY-das, and then sometime (in the '90s? the decades started blurring then) it seemed to become a-DEE-das. And then (in the '00s?) Wikipedia said that it was short for Adi Dasler, so it should be Addy-DAS.

Or have I got that all wrong?

And, in any case, should I just go and buy Puma instead?
[/quote]

Buy some Asics instead, or Onitsuka Tiger, and let the debate continue

Ah seecs? Eysix?

Edited March 9, 2012 by razze06

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='razze06' timestamp='1331311251' post='1571261']
Ah seecs? Eysix?
[/quote]

The only way is Eysux.

[discreet]

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1331310733' post='1571252']
And, in any case, should I just go and buy Puma instead?
[/quote]

Christ, no. The current mrs discreet (who is American) says POOMA, whereas young master discreet (who is English) says PYOOMA. I say, 'will you people please shut up and get out of my shed'.

[Low End Bee]

I quite like not being a biker anymore sometimes so I don't have to hear people trying to say Doo-ka-tee like they're a mafia don.
What's wrong with a bit of anglicising? Joocatty's fine for me.

[discreet]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1331311878' post='1571275']
Joocatty's fine for me.
[/quote]

I used to say DEW-KATTY.
Still do!

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1331311878' post='1571275']
I quite like not being a biker anymore sometimes so I don't have to hear people trying to say Doo-ka-tee like they're a mafia don.
What's wrong with a bit of anglicising? Joocatty's fine for me.
[/quote]

To me, it doesn't matter one Jota.

[razze06]

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1331311878' post='1571275']
I quite like not being a biker anymore sometimes so I don't have to hear people trying to say Doo-ka-tee like they're a mafia don.
What's wrong with a bit of anglicising? Joocatty's fine for me.
[/quote]

so you won't mind when italian bikers say triumph like tree-oomph

[Dave Vader]

As a massive geek, I wonder about lin-nux, vs. lie-nux.
However as we linux users never actually speak in real life, it's never come up.