Bike Brand Pronunciation

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
How do you pronounce the names of certain bike brands and their models?

If you know could you write it phonetically?

Wilier
Kuota
Viner
Kiron
Cervélo
Bianchi

I'm tired of going into bike shops and being corrected and then going into another bike and being re-corrected with what I said the first time... :roll:
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  • Mucco
    Mucco Posts: 9
    ch in Italian is pronounced k
    So Bianchi =beeankee
    Miche = meekeh
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    and lets not forget pronounce a word right may differ from what locals/company calls it's self.

    a lot of welsh towns/villages are localy pronounced slightly or not so slightly differnet to the 'correct' way.
  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    I haven't the foggiest - but am going to guess :D

    Wilier - Vill-ee-err
    Kuota - Koo-oh-tah
    Viner - Vy-nerr
    Kiron - Kee-ron
    Cervélo - Ser-vell-oh
    Bianchi - Bee-ahn-kee
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    How do you pronounce Campagnolo?

    Campag-nolo

    or

    Campag-nyolo?
  • Chewy Cheeks
    Chewy Cheeks Posts: 234
    Don

    If this is the worst thing that happens to you - you will have a very nice day.

    and I would add that speaking to anyone about owt in italian/ german/spanish/irish and I anticipate being corrected.

    I reckon if you can just pronounce Kuota correctly and make sure everyone on this forum can you will have achieved something worthwile - and the carbon superpowers continue
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    linoue wrote:
    How do you pronounce Campagnolo?

    Campag-nolo

    or

    Campag-nyolo?

    I simply say Campag and be done with it. I think every single bike shop and person I've spoken to has called it Campag and never the full name.
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    Thinking about it, I've been reading it in my head the second way, but do Italians actually have those bendy 'n's like the Spanish have? (Mañana, Jalapeño, etc)
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    In the words of a fat, bald bloke in a wheelchair and dirty vest

    "Want that one"
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    linoue wrote:
    How do you pronounce Campagnolo?

    Campag-nolo

    or

    Campag-nyolo?
    Campan-yolo. The G is silent, but when combined with the no makes a nyo sound.
  • star_rover
    star_rover Posts: 318
    Kiron is "Kigh - ron"
  • Gilbie
    Gilbie Posts: 99
    2 MTB brands that always get me are Marzocchi and Commencal

    Mars oh chee ?
    Come en sail ?
    On road
    Or off road?
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    sarajoy wrote:
    I haven't the foggiest - but am going to guess :D

    Wilier - VILL-ee-err
    Kuota - Koo-OH-tah
    Viner - VY-nerr
    Kiron - KEE-ron
    Cervélo - Ser-VAY-loh
    Bianchi - Bee-AIN-kee

    +1, almost... and I've capitalised for emphasis...
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Gilbie wrote:
    2 MTB brands that always get me are Marzocchi and Commencal

    Mars oh chee ?
    Come en sail ?

    I'd say this:

    Marz-OCK-ee
    Common-SArl
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    whyamihere wrote:
    linoue wrote:
    How do you pronounce Campagnolo?

    Campag-nolo

    or

    Campag-nyolo?
    Campan-yolo. The G is silent, but when combined with the no makes a nyo sound.

    +1
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Just point :D
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)
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  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Comm un sarl - commencal.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)

    It's because I have a friend called Tony Bianchi who pronounces it like that...
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)

    It's because I have a friend called Tony Bianchi who pronounces it like that...

    Is he a cockney wide boy?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    prawny wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)

    It's because I have a friend called Tony Bianchi who pronounces it like that...

    Is he a cockney wide boy?

    Hmmmmmm, definitely not... Actually, he says it more like 'Be-YANK-ee'.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Thats a shame I had a vision of a bloke in tight white jeans goin 'alwight guvna, ahhm Tony beaaaiiiinki inneye'
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)

    It's because I have a friend called Tony Bianchi who pronounces it like that...

    Is he a cockney wide boy?

    Hmmmmmm, definitely not... Actually, he says it more like 'Be-YANK-ee'.

    Is he a character in one of those video games you play?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    Your Italian correspondent reporting@

    Mart-ZOCK-kee
    Bee-ANN-kee ("ain", Olivia, "ain"?)
    Vee-NAIRRR (if you're doing it properly)

    It's because I have a friend called Tony Bianchi who pronounces it like that...

    Is he a cockney wide boy?

    Hmmmmmm, definitely not... Actually, he says it more like 'Be-YANK-ee'.

    Is he a character in one of those video games you play?

    Nope... and he's not a character in a rubbish sci-fi TV show or you'd know about him already.

    Keep guessing.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    ooo - this is like the lyric game, reinvented :D
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Is this him?

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    Is it tony bianchi of tony bianchi aviation fame? I know you hang around with thoe crazy fly-boys
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    prawny wrote:
    Is it tony bianchi of tony bianchi aviation fame? I know you hang around with thoe crazy fly-boys

    You win!
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Yes

    In your face greg66! 8)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    prawny wrote:
    Yes

    In your face greg66! 8)

    I suspect you may have used google... which is a direct contravention of the rules.

    Points deducted.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Yes

    In your face greg66! 8)

    I suspect you may have used google... which is a direct contravention of the rules.

    Points deducted.

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