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AtomicTom
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PostSubject: Re: Pronunciation Guide   Pronunciation Guide Icon_minitimeThu Sep 17, 2009 12:45 am

Great list ! I've evidently been making mistakes with some of those pronunciations ! Wow ! Shocked
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PostSubject: Re: Pronunciation Guide   Pronunciation Guide Icon_minitimeWed Oct 21, 2009 2:04 pm

It really does depend on a few things. Mostly your perspective on pronouncing non-English words.

Should they be pronounced like native speakers or bastardized into something that fits the local speech patterns?

In England Gatorade is pronounced with a short a as in cat. Stupid limeys.
In the US, Greek letters are mispronounced like crazy. Stupit Mericans.

Sooooooo......... Should we say the watch name according to where is it made or however we want?

For example, Omega is NOT pronounced Oh-MAY-guh in Greek. It is instead, Oh-MEH-guh.

What do you ladies think, option 1 or option 2?

Options:

1. Pronounce it however you like.

2. Stick to the country of origin's pronunciations.

Ya'll bettah be votin' up in dis jernt.
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PostSubject: Re: Pronunciation Guide   Pronunciation Guide Icon_minitimeWed Oct 21, 2009 3:09 pm

I'm going to go with option 1...mainly because you made a great point there ! I'm sure different
people around the world will pronounce the same name or watch name as they want to. It is very cool
to know the right way to say the watch names..but at the same time as long as you know what watch
you're talking about I think it's OK to pronounce the name however you like. Just an opinion ! Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Pronunciation Guide   Pronunciation Guide Icon_minitimeWed Oct 21, 2009 8:00 pm

How come Invicta isn't on the pronuciation list...
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