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Gregory Best
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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Tie-OH-Tah |
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We had a local Toyota dealer say in his own ads "TIE-oh-tah"
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verbcrunch
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is it: Smear-noff or Smir - noff vodka?
once, reading copy for a Smirnoff promotion, the company itself couldn't agree internally on the correct pronunciation.
In the UK, they say "KNOCK-ee-ya", here in the US we say "KNOW-Kee-ya".
We say "Pree-meer" they say "Preh-meer ..
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Lee Gordon
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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I once recorded a session with a client and he pronounced his own name two different ways.
Sometimes, a pronunciation gets altered for geo-political reasons. The headquarters for the food and beverage company Heublein was located here in Connecticut, The original German pronunciation is Hy-Bline but after one of the world wars it was changed to Hyoo-Bline. Nevertheless, atop one of the local hills is a structure donated to the town by the family and it is still known as "HyBline" tower.
For that matter, there are towns in NH, MA and CT called Berlin and each of them is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable whereas their namesake in Germany (as well as a certain surname?) has the accent on the second syllable.
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Lance Blair
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Fortunately, all the locals here pronounce everything incorrectly so it doesn't matter what the professionals say.
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SkinnyJohnny
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Lance,
Ya ain't frum around here are ya?
How do they say "everything" in Atlanta, evar-thang?
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bobsouer
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John,
That's the way they (we) say it in Charlotte, too.
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SkinnyJohnny
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Hi Bob,
How is evarthang going for you in Charlotte?
Always nice to see you!
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bobsouer
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Johnny,
Likewise and thangs are just ducky in Charlotte. 
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louzucaro
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| ronharpervoice wrote: | | They hired the man who came up with the name Volkswagen. |
They brought Hitler back from the dead?! Yipes!
Aaaaaanyway...there's a guy in Indiana / Illinois named Bob Rohrman who has a bunch of dealerships. He's got an Acura location nearby. However, according to him, it's an "akra" dealership.
"Arlington Akra in Palatine" to be precise.
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COURVO
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COURVOISIER
correct: Koor-vwah'-see-ay
Pronunciation for the first 17 years of my life in Greenville, Illinois: Kor-vuh-seer'
Dave
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Dave,
Did I ever tell you that my mom worked for the head of Courvoisier, M. Simon, in Paris back in the 40's?
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louzucaro
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| COURVO wrote: | | Pronunciation for the first 17 years of my life in Greenville, Illinois: Kor-vuh-seer' |
I'd hate to think how they'd have pronounced it you'd stopped for breakfast at Denny's or something in, say, Des Plaines!
"Here you go Mr., uh, Ko-oor-voy-sigh-ur...here's your credit card receipt."
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Diane Maggipinto
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That's Dez Plainz, right? But is it Illinoise?
As for 'akra', isn't that some kind of southern vegetable?
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bobsouer
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Diane,
That's what they think around here. I don't touch the stuff personally. 
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