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bbender85
04-17-2011, 02:23 PM
ok, so there are a few atv/moto related things that i've thought about lately that i don't know for sure how to pronounce; be it due to hearing it said differently by different people, or never at all. so here are a few off the top of my head:
Laeger's - i'd guess "lay-gers", but a buddy of mine said it "lah-jeers" once.
Leatt - i always assumed it was "lee-at", but the guy at the dealership yesterday said it as "lee-etta".
Rossier - is it "ross-e-air"?
post up anything else you're not sure about!
Quad18star
04-17-2011, 03:34 PM
Laeger - Lay-Ger
Leatt - L-eat
Rossier - Ross-E-Eh!
Acerbis - ***-sir-bees
muddy400EX
04-17-2011, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by bbender85
ok, so there are a few atv/moto related things that i've thought about lately that i don't know for sure how to pronounce; be it due to hearing it said differently by different people, or never at all. so here are a few off the top of my head:
Laeger's - i'd guess "lay-gers", but a buddy of mine said it "lah-jeers" once.
Leatt - i always assumed it was "lee-at", but the guy at the dealership yesterday said it as "lee-etta".
Rossier - is it "ross-e-air"?
post up anything else you're not sure about!
the reason you hear other people pronounce it different than you is because they don't know how to say it either,haha
finsteratv
04-17-2011, 03:51 PM
kawisaki (cow-eh-SUCK-e)
can never find out how to pronounce KTM :huh :p
K-Dub
04-17-2011, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by finsteratv
kawisaki (cow-eh-SUCK-e)
can never find out how to pronounce KTM :huh :p
Ka TooM
ZeroLogic
04-17-2011, 04:38 PM
Suzuki
Suck-oo-ki
Honda
Han-duh
Kawisaki
Cow-i-sucky
Yamaha
The-best
tjsdaname
04-17-2011, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by finsteratv
kawisaki (cow-eh-SUCK-e)
can never find out how to pronounce KTM :huh :p
Keep The Mechanic..... that mu friend is how you say KTM...
fastex91
04-17-2011, 06:01 PM
Acerbis = "A- chur-bees''
Tommy Warren
04-17-2011, 08:10 PM
what about wiigstyle....or aaen?
YFZ-FoFiddy-TC
04-17-2011, 10:39 PM
Originally posted by ZeroLogic
Suzuki
Suck-oo-ki
Honda
Han-duh
Kawisaki
Cow-i-sucky
Yamaha
The-best
Everyone told me I was wrong when I pronounced Yamaha like that. Now I know I've always been right. :D
honda400ex2003
04-18-2011, 09:05 AM
haan-da
sus- uki
rosse er
law ger
no french stuff here lol
steve
Sjorge450R
04-18-2011, 09:14 AM
I love when people try to say the name of my Rossier exhaust.
Its french people! get with it. Rossy-A
The other i always get is Derisi. Its Der-Ri-Si. Just like it looks lol
Houser is another. Howz-er is how ive always said it.
TheLane
04-18-2011, 09:50 AM
Polaris - DNF
Pipeless416
04-18-2011, 09:58 AM
Originally posted by Sjorge450R
I love when people try to say the name of my Rossier exhaust.
Its french people! get with it. Rossy-A
The other i always get is Derisi. Its Der-Ri-Si. Just like it looks lol
Houser is another. Howz-er is how ive always said it.
i've always wondered about houser.. i've heard both how you say and "how sure." the 'sure' part is more like the jean in jean-claud van damme...if that makes any sense lol. that way just doesn't make any sense to me.
the one thing i have always wondered about is PEP.. is it Pee EEE Pee, or is it simply the word pep?
P.E.P - Pee-e-pee
Houser - How-zer
TheLane
04-18-2011, 11:31 AM
F.M.F. - pronounced "overpriced"
blaster12s
04-18-2011, 01:00 PM
no. Flying Machine Factory.
jesshamner
04-18-2011, 02:02 PM
What about Keihn? Pronounced like keen?
250rAL
04-18-2011, 02:56 PM
It's kay-heen and you mispelled it.
Tommy Warren
04-18-2011, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by 250rAL
It's kay-heen and you mispelled it.
k-eye-hen
Pipeless416
04-18-2011, 03:22 PM
i've always pronounced it "kee-in"
jesshamner
04-18-2011, 04:20 PM
Nope. He is right. I misspelled it and it is pronounced kay-heen. I looked it up.
coryatver
04-18-2011, 04:33 PM
what are these ones
taylor kiser
teixeira tech
klotz
Canadian144
04-18-2011, 04:38 PM
Everyone always seems to get Akrapovic wrong....
Ak - ra - po - viCH
It's Slovenian... I'm Croatian, it's basically the same language. The "c" is more of a "ch" sound. There should be an accent over the "c".
Quad18star
04-18-2011, 05:33 PM
Kay-In
Quad18star
04-18-2011, 05:35 PM
Bombardier is not pronounced Bom-Ba-Deer although many english folks say it that way .... it's Bomb-Bar-D-Eh.
bbender85
04-18-2011, 06:56 PM
you are good at 'eh words! why is that? :p
and good call on the keihin, that's the other one i couldn't remember that inspired this thread for me.
Quad18star
04-18-2011, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by bbender85
you are good at 'eh words! why is that? :p
and good call on the keihin, that's the other one i couldn't remember that inspired this thread for me.
LOL .... well most words that end in "ier" , are french. In french the I sounds like "E" and the "er" sounds like "Eh"
Rossier and Bombardier are french words .... so it ends in "E... eh" :devil:
Canadian144
04-18-2011, 07:27 PM
Shouldn't Bombardier be more like "bom -bar - yay"? I always thought that in french the "ier" ending was supposed to be more like a "yay"
Tommy Warren
04-18-2011, 07:50 PM
Originally posted by Canadian144
Shouldn't Bombardier be more like "bom -bar - yay"? I always thought that in french the "ier" ending was supposed to be more like a "yay"
correct and your supposed to roll the R
Bomb arrrrrr dyay
madskrillz2
04-18-2011, 08:16 PM
Motowoz
Moto-Woz not Moto-Woahz
Quad18star
04-18-2011, 08:37 PM
Originally posted by Tommy Warren
correct and your supposed to roll the R
Bomb arrrrrr dyay
If you're saying it in french then yes you roll the R ..... but you can't really roll an R in english.
And the "ier" sounds like "yay" if you say it fast enough .... but break it down , it sounds like "E-Eh". ;)
NED441SUZ
04-18-2011, 08:56 PM
Originally posted by Canadian144
Everyone always seems to get Akrapovic wrong....
Ak - ra - po - viCH
It's Slovenian... I'm Croatian, it's basically the same language. The "c" is more of a "ch" sound. There should be an accent over the "c".
Right. My family was from Yugoslavia(Serbian to be exact) My last name is Nedorvich. H on the end was added by some dummy at Ellis island when my Grandpa came over.
Sjorge450R
04-18-2011, 09:11 PM
Originally posted by coryatver
what are these ones
taylor kiser
teixeira tech
klotz
taylor's last name is just like the Roll Kaiser.
Texeira - I've always said Tesh-air-ah
and Klotz is exactly how it sounds. Clot-Z
Canadian144
04-18-2011, 09:11 PM
Originally posted by NED441SUZ
Right. My family was from Yugoslavia(Serbian to be exact) My last name is Nedorvich. H on the end was added by some dummy at Ellis island when my Grandpa came over.
Cool. I always find it easy to spot out Yugoslavian names haha... just look for that ___vic(h).
My last name ends in "can".... of course back in the old country there is the upside down chevron over the c, so the ending is pronounced "chan"... when my grandparents immigrated to Canada though, the chevron was lost and the name sounds kinda funny without it.
No one can pronounce or spell my last name, its kinda funny when they try.
My name in german literally means "tax man" Apparently I come from a long line of accountants-funny enough my grandfather is a retire CPA and my dad almost finished it in college lol.
Tommy Warren
04-19-2011, 12:05 AM
Originally posted by Quad18star
If you're saying it in french then yes you roll the R ..... but you can't really roll an R in english.
And the "ier" sounds like "yay" if you say it fast enough .... but break it down , it sounds like "E-Eh". ;)
your wrong....I believe it is pronounced can-am:D
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