Okay, what's the correct pronunciation (I'm assuming it's not English) for:
Alex Singer
and
Rene Herse
??
John Price Denver CO ("den-ver-coe")
-----Original Message----- From: Steven L. Sheffield [mailto:stevens@veloworks.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:09 AM To: Classic Rendezvous Subject: Re: [CR]Was Cheh-les-te, now Pronunciation
on 10/29/2002 04:47 AM, LouDeeter@aol.com at LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
> I've heard so many different versions of bike brand name pronunciation
that I
> don't know what is right anymore. Compound that with my accent that never
> left Arkansas and I'm in real trouble with foreign words. Is there a
website
> that makes this easy for cycling words?
> Is Gios Joss with a long o?
Gee-OHS
> Is Guerciotti Gear-chee-o-tee?
Gair-chee-OH-tee
> Is Vitus Vee-toos?
VEE-toos (with the toos kind of clipped)
> Does Zeus use the Spanish 'th' for the Z?
The 'th' sound is more associated with Catalan (which is spoken in the Catalonia region of Spain, including Barcelona [Barthelona]). I believe Zeus is most properly pronounced "ZAY-oos"
And Bianchi's (Bee-AHN-key) 'celeste' color is pronounced "Chuh-LESS-tay"
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