Pronunciations

[PaulThePlug]

VW...

Volksvargen or WoloxWagon...

Edited March 16, 2022 by PaulThePlug

[Velarian]

2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

VW...

Volksvargen or WoloxWagon...

I believe the correct pronunciation in German is fau vay

[stewblack]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

I believe it's spelled as it sounds. 

[Nail Soup]

Of course there is the opposite case….. Squier.

Normally pronounced correctly, not always spelled so.

[Rich]

On 16/03/2022 at 20:42, PaulThePlug said:

VW...

Volksvargen or WoloxWagon...

As I understand, it's Folks-vargen - the 'o' in folks is short as in 'doll'.

[fleabag]

The only one of the original list of Rich's that i know for sure is Wal  is not  WAL, with pronounced A, or  WALL as in brick WALL.

 

Its pronounced  WOLL.   Ian Waller  started the biz,  and is name is pronounced WOLLER.   So the Wal bass is WOLL

[fleabag]

The worst pronunciation by Americans has to be  JAGWAR, like it was a French car.

 

I mean for cliffs sake,  it has a big cat on the front for the hard of thinking.

Edited March 18, 2022 by fleabag

[Paul S]

1 minute ago, fleabag said:

The worst pronunciation by Americans has to be  JAGWAR, like it was a French car.

 

It is actually closer to how it is 'supposed' to be pronounced.  It is a Latin American word, should be HAG-waar, with a rasp on the H.

[fleabag]

I dont think  William Lyons had the Latin American pronunciation in mind when he kicked off the company, otherwise we would have been calling them  Hagwaar since 1922

 

 

[Paul S]

It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England.   

[ezbass]

11 minutes ago, Paul S said:

It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England.   

Which leads onto words like lieutenant and Loughborough (lowgahborowgah?  ) As far as I can remember from conversations with teachers with an interest in these things, British spellings and pronunciations are the product of deciding a language by committee, taking into account every tribe's idiosyncrasies and having every dialect represented in some form or other.

[Trueno]

I always pronounce Jaguar the Pink Floyd way.

[Velarian]

32 minutes ago, Trueno said:

I always pronounce Jaguar the Pink Floyd way.

The English way? With a hint of quiet desperation. 

[fleabag]

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

Which leads onto words like lieutenant and Loughborough (lowgahborowgah?  ) As far as I can remember from conversations with teachers with an interest in these things, British spellings and pronunciations are the product of deciding a language by committee, taking into account every tribe's idiosyncrasies and having every dialect represented in some form or other.

 

Quite right. Which is why William Lyons called his cars Jaguars, not Jagwars or Hagwaars

[Rich]

The correct name is 'Jaaaaaaag', as any fule kno. 

[EssentialTension]

The only Jaguar I ever drove was pronounceed Daimler

[ezbass]

Asparagus, seems straightforward and one way to pronounce it, right? Ooh no. Watching the TV some years back, we were treated to a Scottish gardener who pronounced it - áss-per-aar-gus, I was so open mouthed at the time, the TV might’ve fitted in - sideways!

[Woodinblack]

On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

moog = mogue (rhymes with vogue)

 

I know it is pronounced that way but I still pronounce it moog, to rhyme with.. umm.. moog, not mouge.

 

On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

hotone = hot tone

 

Nope, that gets pronounced as Hoe Tone!

 

On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

mooer = moore (as in patrick moore)

 

Nope.. I do that as Moo er.. as in, one who moos

 

And don't get me started on wenge..

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

hotone = hot tone

 

Nope, that gets pronounced as Hoe Tone!

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

mooer = moore (as in patrick moore)

Nope.. I do that as Moo er.. as in, one who moos

 

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

And don't get me started on wenge..

That one's easy: when gay

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2022 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[toneknob]

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

Asparagus, seems straightforward and one way to pronounce it, right? Ooh no. Watching the TV some years back, we were treated to a Scottish gardener who pronounced it - áss-per-aar-gus, I was so open mouthed at the time, the TV might’ve fitted in - sideways!

I used to work with a chap who would pronounce the well known brassica brock-oh-lye

 

We're no longer in touch of course

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

 

 

 

Yeh, well what would they know?

 

 

[toneknob]

lol

[Downunderwonder]

On 16/03/2022 at 03:29, Cato said:

With regards to the basses I they're probably getting it right.

 

I live quite near Warwick and back in the day hearing Americans say War Wick castle was an endless source of amusement to me and my school mates.

 

It was years before I realised that without prior knowledge there's no way in the world anyone's going to guess that the second 'w' is silent.

Let's ask an expert. Renwick. 'Rennick' or 'Wren Wick'?

 

The Duke of Marlborough resides at Blenheim Castle.

 

Renwick is in 'Marlbrah', up the road from 'Blennim'.

[Islander]

32 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Let's ask an expert. Renwick. 'Rennick' or 'Wren Wick'?

 

The Duke of Marlborough resides at Blenheim Castle.

 

Renwick is in 'Marlbrah', up the road from 'Blennim'.

 

Try Trottiscliffe, pronounced Trozlee

 

Or one from Orkney:

 

Rothiesholm, pronounced Rowshum (the first syllable is row as in argument).

 

Beauchamp pronounced Beecham, Belvoir pronounced Beever...

 

[Velarian]

How about coriander? Americans pronounce it cilantro for some reason 😂