Real newbie question - pronounciation

larkim
larkim Posts: 2,485
edited October 2014 in Road beginners
Ess-ram or sr-am
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    It's pronunciation not pronounciation and its SRAM like tram, named after the founders Scott Ray and Sam :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    You're quite right, my thread title was a typo. Sram it is. Thanks.
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    2011 Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc (son #4s)
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    2019 Hoy Bonaly 26" Disc (son #2s)
    2018 Voodoo Bizango (mine)
    2018 Voodoo Maji (wife's)
  • simon_masterson
    simon_masterson Posts: 2,740
    The correct pronunciation is 'buy Campag'. ;)
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  • diy
    diy Posts: 6,473
    So many people say Es-Ram, I wonder if it was confusion with es-works. And its mostly good stuff btw.
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  • mikeabanks
    mikeabanks Posts: 116
    People say ES-RAM because they are used to D-RAM etc from computing
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    mikeabanks wrote:
    People say ES-RAM because they are used to D-RAM etc from computing


    Really :roll:

    I doubt that enough people are familiar enough with the different types of RAM memory to link the pronounciation to cycling kit.

    Besides DRAM is a tot of whisky and D-RAM is another tot of whisky after the previous 8 tots of whisky (and the D is softly spoken).
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Navrig2 wrote:
    mikeabanks wrote:
    People say ES-RAM because they are used to D-RAM etc from computing


    Really :roll:

    I doubt that enough people are familiar enough with the different types of RAM memory to link the pronounciation to cycling kit.

    Besides DRAM is a tot of whisky and D-RAM is another tot of whisky after the previous 8 tots of whisky (and the D is softly spoken).

    more likely that they are native Spanish speakers
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,118
    And Cinelli is chin-elly, Bianchi is bian-key and Campagnolo is ace.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    It's pronounced Campy :twisted:
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  • simon_masterson
    simon_masterson Posts: 2,740
    southdownswolf wrote:
    It's pronounced Campag. :twisted:

    FTFY. :wink:
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,118
    Simon Masterson wrote:
    southdownswolf wrote:
    It's pronounced Campag. :twisted:

    FTFY. :wink:
    Its full name is Cam-pan-yolo.
    The short form is, of course, Campag.
    Unless you are surrounded by Shimano-ists, in which case it's"The Italian manufacturer"
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    How to speak Italian bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOi-f3S2lc
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Took me a few years to realise " Allez " has a silent z.

    People were too polite to correct me.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    g00se wrote:
    How to speak Italian bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOi-f3S2lc

    I like how he really rolls the r's in Carrera. Only a Italian could make that sound.
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,118
    ben@31 wrote:
    Took me a few years to realise " Allez " has a silent z.

    People were too polite to correct me.
    Those French lessons were wasted on you, weren't they :)
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • lakesluddite
    lakesluddite Posts: 1,337
    I wouldn't worry about it OP - I thought it was S Ram for a while...I think it might be due to the fact that there are extremely few words in the English language that start with 'sr...', sram just doesn't sound right.
  • Ber Nard
    Ber Nard Posts: 827
    How about Schwalbe? I've got several pairs of them and no idea how to pronounce it correctly.
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    That's easy, standard German - sh-val-buh
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    2011 Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc (son #4s)
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    2018 Voodoo Bizango (mine)
    2018 Voodoo Maji (wife's)

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