How do you pronounce Commençal ??

Northwind

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

Northwind

stubs wrote:

I think you will both find its pronounced bike

But is bike pronounced bike or bice?

supertwisted

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...

Anonymous

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

I'm not taking that challenge up, to be honest, I couldn't care less, because English is so inconsistent with it's language rules anyway.
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.

mac_man

What about these...

SRAM

Bontrager

Deore

(Don't want to look a cock when talking to bike dudes...)

Northwind

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.

stubs

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 deer