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Roeckl ?!

After just being on another thread and recommending a pair of the roeckl gloves, I noticed that I'd been spelling them with an "i" at the end for years, therefore pronouncing them "ro-eh-kee"

But now I've noticed it's an "L" at the end.....

Help?! :rolleyes:
 
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Roeckl = rur-kel (say it quickly- try not to linger between the two syllables)

Pinched from Native Speaker's post on another thread. :D Thank you NS.:)
 
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The pronunciation of pangaré (as in the colour noir pangaré) is pangaray. The accent aigu over the e gives the ay sound.
 
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While we are on the subject of pronounciation, please could I ask

trakehner!

Ive heared Trak - ay - na and Tray -ken- a

which is correct or are they both incorrect??:D
 
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Right then.

Surcingle. I've never ever heard it said out loud. I did say it recently and watched for amused looks and couldn't detect any, but HOW do you say it?!?
 
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Thank you, pangaray makes sense what with the accent, but I have been saying panguerre in ze style of ze French avec les grande baguettes et les onions (I have just come back from Paris, you can tell my language skills improved)

What about tobiano, is it toe-buy-ah-no, or toe-bee-ah-no, or even tob-ee-anno (I think I made that one up)?
 
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Oh wow... i say all of those words differntly :p


Roekl - Row-Kl

Pangare - Pan - gare
( tbf, ive never heard that word, but If i did say it, it would be like that :p)


trakehner - trake -ner.

Surcingle - Sur - single.

tobiano - toby- ano

Gilet - body warmer :D or.. gill - it.

:p


How do you say Pelham?

I say - Pell - ham. But ive heard - pe-lumn.
 
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Great thread - there are so many words/brands that I hope I never have to say out loud! Some have already been covered here but here's another:

Pikeur

Is it:

Pie-ker

Pick-ker

Pee-ker

or something else? :confused:
 
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diamonddogs said:
Me please!

Gilet - as in bodywarmer.

I've always said "zhee-lay", or maybe "zhillay" but everyone around burst out laughing and said it's "gillett" (hard "g").

Who's right?
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Haha, I'd always thought this was gill-it after reading it in catalogues. The first few times I heard anyone talking about gzee-lays I didn't have a clue what they were on about. It might be one of those words we've pinched from Franch or somewhere. I still say gill-it, I'm used to it (but I stick stubbornly with menage, which I grew up with, in spite of all the reasons why "it should be" manege :D ).
 
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