How d'ya pronounce these woods?

i'm pretty sure it's - wane-gay, pa-ew fair-oh, and pad-ewk

at least that's how i pronounce them, haha

 

I've heard wen-gee (hard "g", like clarified butter "ghee") and wen-gay (another hard "g"). Either way you'll seem like you know what you're talking about.

Just call pau ferro "morado" and you'll be okay.

 

I am an expert on wenge Wenge...pronounced (when gay).. A very hard dense wood worshipped by the east bay congo mufidious bunga tribe. A sharpened piece is used to cut the umbilical cord of all their babies, any self mutilation ritual, and also to kill any invading enemies with a club made of wenge. For those of you who must know, the scientific name........mehituondaheadicus widhardstickitus.

 

I studied German for a long time so when I look at it I see: "ven-GEH"

 

WEN-gay, PA-ow FAIR-o, paa-DUKE. at least round here.

 

Anglophones...do you ever try to learn other lingos?

Wenge: this is actually diffcult! There are two major (international!) lines: venge (end similar to wrench), or venghe. Seems to be some debate on which is the original, african pronounciation.
Pau Ferro: come on, US citzens, spanish is your second language! You should know some pronounciation rules of that language! Or learn.
Padouk: nice word! Say "paddock", but replace the c with a u, and say the u as u, not "yu".

Or have some lessons in non-english pronounciation. You'll find that there are just three or four main variants among those that use the latin alphabet. Pretty simple, actually. At least for non-anglophones

 

Pau ferro is from Portugese, not Spanish. ( +1 for the Anglophones )

 

Pau Ferro means 'ironwood' and it's mostly "pow fairo" with just a little 'oo' on the end of the "pow."

Padouk is just like it is spelled. the second syllable rhymes with book.

Wenge is actually a little tricky. It's the most foreign-sounding of the three. I'm told it's also just like it is spelled but with the 'G' sound from go,get,gone. and not the 'G' from huge, strange, ranger. So wen-ge. Not wen-gee.

Make sense?

 

Throat-Warbler Mangrove

 

LOL!

...Ni!

 

Except it's not spelled like that: it's spelled "padauk." At least, that's the more common, and I'm pretty sure more correct, spelling.

EDIT: Just found this:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

padauk

SYLLABICATION: pa·dauk
PRONUNCIATION: p-dôk
VARIANT FORMS: also pa·douk (-dk)
NOUN: 1. A southeast Asian tree (Pterocarpus indicus) having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain. 2. The wood of this tree, used mainly for decorative cabinetwork. In both senses also called amboyna.
ETYMOLOGY: Burmese.

And this:

PADAUK: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
Pronunciation: pe'dawk


WordNet Dictionary

Definition: [n] tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Synonyms: amboyna, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus

See Also: Andaman redwood, genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus, tree

So "pa-DAWK" seems closer to right.

 

"Weng-gay."

You're on your own with the other two, but I'm guessing "pow-ferrow" and "pah-dook."

 

"wung - gay"

I met an African guy who prounounced it like this (apparantly its a very common timber for carved trinkets at street markets through Africa).

"pad - ouk" (with the ou sound from "trout", "out" etc.)

The timber yard guys in my neck of the woods generally pronounce it like this.

Not sure about the other. I've only heard music shop guys pronounce it, and they're just guessing it from the way it's spelt in Warwick catalogues...

 

LMFAO

 

I appreciate you asking the question....I've had an SR1306 for almost 20 years, and I've wondered if I was pronouncing the woods correctly....now I know. Thanks.

 

WEN-gay
pow FAIR-oh
puh-DAWK (mostly because it is also spelled Padauk, which is how I saw it the first few times I encountered it)

 

apparently you can pronounce it however you want. It seems that nobody here really agrees on the way to pronounce them, so as long as you say it confidently, I'm sure people will get the idea.
reminds me of the 1972 Olympic Men's Basketball finals. The American announcers said, "hey, how do we pronounce all these Russian names?". The officials said, "Pronounce them however you want, just keep pronouncing em that way for the rest of the game."
Consistency is the key. Pronounce it wrong to enough people and you'll create as new way to pronounce it.