How do you pronounce Commençal ??
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yeehaamcgee wrote:Did it not occur that the word "commence" is very similar?
No it isn't, the start is the same but the relevant part's completely different, as it's followed by an e not an a. Like I said, : "ca" in english is almost always a hard k, what "ce" or "cy" sounds like isn't relevant at all. If the bike was called a Commencel you'd have a point...
Find me 5 "ca"s in english that are pronounced "sa". I dares you. I'm throwing down the phonetic gauntletUncompromising extremist0 -
Northwind wrote:Find me 5 "ca"s in english that are pronounced "sa". I dares you. I'm throwing down the phonetic gauntlet
Where's the subscribe to thread button, I can't wait to see him do this...Less internal organs, same supertwisted great taste.0 -
Northwind wrote:yeehaamcgee wrote:Did it not occur that the word "commence" is very similar?
No it isn't, the start is the same but the relevant part's completely different, as it's followed by an e not an a. Like I said, : "ca" in english is almost always a hard k, what "ce" or "cy" sounds like isn't relevant at all. If the bike was called a Commencel you'd have a point...
Find me 5 "ca"s in english that are pronounced "sa". I dares you. I'm throwing down the phonetic gauntlet
Take the word Celtic, for example. According to English rules, it should theoretically be "Seltic", but it isn't (unless you're referring to a particular football team :roll: )
Let's put it this way then. I found the pronounciation of Commencal pretty damned obvious, even though I speak virtually no French, and haven't really been taught English formally.0 -
What about these...
SRAM
Bontrager
Deore
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yeehaamcgee wrote:Take the word Celtic, for example. According to English rules, it should theoretically be "Seltic", but it isn't (unless you're referring to a particular football team :roll: )
Celtic isn't an english word, is the thing. IIRC Keltic with a hard K is from greek, Celtic with a soft C is from some sort of dead spanish language I think. Ah, the useless crap your dad tells you.Uncompromising extremist0 -
mac man wrote:What about these...
SRAM
Bontrager
Deore
(Don't want to look a fool when talking to bike dudes...)
SRAM is sram with equal emphasis on all letters its the initials of the blokes who started the company
Bontrager the man himself seems to say it bonntrigger
Deore who knows cyclists have been debating that one for about 30 years the original Deore had a stags head logo on it so I have always said deerFig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0