How the heck do you pronounce it?

Serendipity
Serendipity Posts: 6,975
edited February 2008 in The Clubhouse
Audio related words...how the heck do you pronounce them?

So is it...

Yamaha (ya-maa-ha) or (ya-maha)

Timbre, as in timbre matching (tam-ber) or (tim-ber)

Sony Wega, line of TV's (vega) or (way-gah)

Denon (den-nen) or (den-ahn)

Mitsubishi (mit-soo-bee-she) or (mitsu-bish-e)

Bravia (bra-vee-ya) or (bra-vii-a)

I'm sure there are others but why the heck do these have to be so hard to pronounce?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited February 2008
    Those are easy. I'm still trying to figure out how to pronounce Marlboro properly as a redneck.

    Marborrro?

    Marllbrough?

    Maarlburrough?

    Crap, I give up.
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  • Serendipity
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    edited February 2008
    I own an Onkyo AVR :)

    Is it Onk-yo or On-kee-yo?

    Never figured this one out either.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited February 2008
    What about Akai? Hyundai?
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  • Serendipity
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    edited February 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    What about Akai? Hyundai?

    A-kay or A-kai?

    Hun-day or Hun-dai?

    Those would be my best guesses.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited February 2008
    My latest is Pro-Ject:D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2008
    I'm from Boston, what do we know about pronouncing things?

    This thread is re-TAHD-ed.
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  • Serendipity
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    edited February 2008
    This thread is serious.

    My Physics professor once said the word "timbre" when talking about sound waves, and quite a few didn't know what he was talking about because he pronounced it "tam-ber."
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    This thread is serious.

    My Physics professor once said the word "timbre" when talking about sound waves, and quite a few didn't know what he was talking about because he pronounced it "tam-ber."
    That's how I pronounce it. No clue if it's right...
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited February 2008
    Tim-buur.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Tim-buur.

    That's how I always heard it. And then for the first time I heard it pronounced tam-ber. So I was like WTH?
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  • bobman1235
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    edited February 2008
    A lot of them are companies or product names so you're not really going to get a definitive answer. Personally :

    Yamaha - / YA mә ha /
    Timbre - this one surprised me - dictionary.com gives the primary pronunciation as /TAM ber/ so I guess your prof was right (though the alternate pronunciation is what you'd expect - TIM-ber)
    Sony Wega - I've always said "WAY-guh". There's lots of discussion out there on this one.
    Denon - / DEN un /, though I hear / den awn / a lot.
    Mitsubishi - / mit soo BEE shee /, though again a lot of people do say / mit soo BISH ee /
    Bravia - only ever heard / BRA vee ya /
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited February 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I'm from Boston, what do we know about pronouncing things?
    When I worked in the 31 SOS in Korea, we had a med tech from Boston, He looked at my shot record and told me "You need an EmEmAh shot" - I need what? "EmEmAh!" Oh, MMR!
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  • 66chevyIISS
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    edited February 2008
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    A lot of them are companies or product names so you're not really going to get a definitive answer. Personally :

    Yamaha - / YA mә ha /
    Timbre - this one surprised me - dictionary.com gives the primary pronunciation as /TAM ber/ so I guess your prof was right (though the alternate pronunciation is what you'd expect - TIM-ber)
    Sony Wega - I've always said "WAY-guh". There's lots of discussion out there on this one.
    Denon - / DEN un /, though I hear / den awn / a lot.
    Mitsubishi - / mit soo BEE shee /, though again a lot of people do say / mit soo BISH ee /
    Bravia - only ever heard / BRA vee ya /

    Thanks! That one surprised me too.
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  • sucks2beme
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    edited February 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Those are easy. I'm still trying to figure out how to pronounce Marlboro properly as a redneck.

    Marborrro?

    Marllbrough?

    Maarlburrough?

    Crap, I give up.

    Real rednecks smoke Lucky Strikes......
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  • jakelm
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    edited February 2008
    Audi... ou-dy or aww-dy
    Audio....ou-deo or aww-deo

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  • tentoze
    tentoze Posts: 133
    edited February 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    A-kay or A-kai?

    Hun-day or Hun-dai?

    Those would be my best guesses.

    According to a South Korean I worked with in Seoul last year, it is Hun-deh. Unless he was yanking my chain.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2008
    Teac. What's it gonna be?
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  • Serendipity
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    edited February 2008
    This thread went from serious to funny.
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  • jakelm
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    edited February 2008
    George Grand wrote: »
    Teac.


    Tea- ack
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    Bose ... (****) or (crap)


    thats a hard one
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2008
    Yeah, well I've heard Teek also.

    40 years of messing around with them, and nobody ever said definitively what the word is.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,982
    edited February 2008
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Real rednecks smoke Lucky Strikes......
    Only cuz' it's easy to say.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    Audio related words...how the heck do you pronounce them?

    So is it...

    Yamaha (ya-maa-ha) or (ya-maha)

    Timbre, as in timbre matching (tam-ber) or (tim-ber)

    Sony Wega, line of TV's (vega) or (way-gah)

    Denon (den-nen) or (den-ahn)

    Mitsubishi (mit-soo-bee-she) or (mitsu-bish-e)

    Bravia (bra-vee-ya) or (bra-vii-a)

    I'm sure there are others but why the heck do these have to be so hard to pronounce?


    Ya-maha

    Tim-ber

    Vega

    den-ahn

    mitsu-beesh-eee

    bra-vee-yah
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
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    Denon upconvert DVD player
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,574
    edited February 2008
    Working retail...

    Variations of Yamaha --

    Amiha! Yuh-am-uh-ha! YAM-uh-HA! and of course Ya-Ma-Ha
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Working retail...

    Variations of Yamaha --

    Amiha! Yuh-am-uh-ha! YAM-uh-HA! and of course Ya-Ma-Ha

    Sounds like Ya-Mah-Mah
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    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
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    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
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  • Bamadude
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    edited February 2008
    Onk-eh-oh, honk-eh-yo... yo-honky is also acceptable
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    edited February 2008
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  • Serendipity
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    edited February 2008
    jakelm wrote: »
    Sounds like Ya-Mah-Mah

    Haha, too funny :)
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    edited February 2008
    Focal... Same as focal length of a lens? Or Fo-cal like california?
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