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pronunciation...

#22
Piezo is actually Greek, not Italian. I mispronounce this one constantly.

Aguilar: Ag-wih-lar, call 'em, and see what they say. ;) (I do this regularly during the course of business)

Wenge: Mike Tobias pronounces it "Wen-jee" (the "gee" is short, not like "geeeeeee", just "je"), if MT says it that way, problem solved. ;)

Ibanez: I-been-had (which you have if you bought one! ;) ).


Some interesting ones I hear at work:

Fodera: Fedora (from OWNERS of the instruments sometimes! :eek: :D ). Hey, yo, it's a BASS, not a HAT. ;)

Tobias: Toby-ess
 
#29
Well, I never thought I was going to find this topic discussed! The all-time brand name pronunciation question to me is: PEAVEY. Every musician here says that name because Peavey products are very popular here (well, not so much nowadays, but still available anyway) and I've always wondered how is it pronounced. I say it like Pee-bay with the stress in the first syllable. Is it OK?
 
#31
Alvaro Martín Gómez A. said:
Well, I never thought I was going to find this topic discussed! The all-time brand name pronunciation question to me is: PEAVEY. Every musician here says that name because Peavey products are very popular here (well, not so much nowadays, but still available anyway) and I've always wondered how is it pronounced. I say it like Pee-bay with the stress in the first syllable. Is it OK?
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Does'nt V make the B sound in Spanish? I think you are just giving spanish pronunciation to an "American" word. In English its PEE-VEE, though if I heard you say it I would just assume you have a thick accent.
 
#32
Droog said:
Does'nt V make the B sound in Spanish? I think you are just giving spanish pronunciation to an "American" word. In English its PEE-VEE, though if I heard you say it I would just assume you have a thick accent.
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That was the point, Droog. I was almost sure that the first syllable is pronounced PEE, but not sure about the second. Thank you for clarifying that! BTW, in Latin American Spanish, B and V are pronounced the same (unless you're very strict with your pronunciation, very rare). BURRO (donkey) and VACA (cow) sound the same, but in Spain is totally different. You must make the difference. Same happens with S, Z and -depending on the word- C.
 
#33
Alvaro Martín Gómez A. said:
That was the point, Droog. I was almost sure that the first syllable is pronounced PEE, but not sure about the second. Thank you for clarifying that! BTW, in Latin American Spanish, B and V are pronounced the same (unless you're very strict with your pronunciation, very rare). BURRO (donkey) and VACA (cow) sound the same, but in Spain is totally different. You must make the difference. Same happens with S, Z and -depending on the word- C.
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By no means am I a linguist but the Spanish languge seems to be more varied than any other language. I have heard so many different dialects. Come to think of it, my Spanish teacher (native english learned in Spain) was pretty strict with B and V pronunciation, but all the native speakers I know pretty much pronounce them how ever they feel like it.
 
#38
This is a great thread! i was trying to figure out how to pronounce some of the brand names properly and avoid making a fool of myself at the music shop....

I was wondering how you pronounce Squier correctly.. is it..

s-qui-ar
s-kee-ar

???????? :hmm:

:hyper:
 

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