Pronunciation of Mountain Bike Manufacturers

[novekili]

Marzocchi is Mardzokkkkkkkkkkkkkky

 

[Anthony]

Marzocchi is Mardzokkkkkkkkkkkkkky

I knew about the hard c, but where does the d come from? I thought the z was soft and the cc was hard?

 

[novekili]

Z is very hard in Italian
More, you do pronounce double consonants
Finally the R is a vibrating consonant; quite weird for the English because you do not have such a letter in your phonetic alphabet. Apart from our habit of pronouncing every letter in a word, it's another reason why we have that terrible accent.

In brief, it's Mar-dzok-kky

 

[Anthony]

Z is very hard in Italian
More, you do pronounce double consonants
Finally the R is a vibrating consonant; quite weird for the English because you do not have such a letter in your phonetic alphabet. Apart from our habit of pronouncing every letter in a word, it's another reason why we have that terrible accent.

In brief, it's Mar-dzok-kky

Thanks very much. I've always pronounced Achille Varzi as Ack-ill-ey Vaar-tzee, Tazio Nuvolari as Tatz-ee-o Noo-vol-aa-ree but Borzacchini as Bore-zatch-ee-nee. How far out is that? I guess my z in Borzacchini is too soft, is it?

And have I got to wave my arms about and kiss all passing pretty women while I'm about it?

 

[novekili]

no, you whisthle and wait to be offended

PS: z is tz

In any case, avoid modifying your English accent when speaking Italian because it will create a lordy, aristocratic aura around you - even if you burp

 

[orange71]

Mardzokkkkkkkkkkkkkky

Ulrikakakakakakakakaka!

(English inside joke :roll: )

 

[Repack Rider]

The one everybody gets wrong is "Marin."

The accent is on the second syllable: muh-RIN.

 

[Vitorzip]

Vredestain is Vreh-dass-táin ...


Anthony, Borzacchini in italian is almost as you pronounce, just needs the D to make the Z harder, as Mar-dzok-kky... it´s Bore-dzatch-ee-nee...

 

[one-eyed_jim]

I am sure I read on a similar thread somewhere it was pronounced ' Bont- raa -gurr' by the man himself :?

It's Bon Tray Gur, a corruption of the German Borntraeger. He told me so.

How strange. The FAQ of the Bonty website said it was 'Bon-Tra-Gurrr'. Maybe Trek got it wrong!

Edit: HERE: http://bontrager.com/faqs/general_faqs/en

Sorry to drag up a year-old thread, but I just chanced upon this USENET post by KB himself:

http://groups.google.fr/group/rec.bicyc ... 5?hl=fr&q=

BAHN tray gerr

Lazy Amurikahn tongues... ;-)

It used to be

Borntraeger

(the ae was actually an A with an Umlaut - a German character).

I have a hard time with the "orn" - my Euro trilled r's are
not world class...

So yes, TREK got it wrong... :shock:

 

[Raymond_mole]

I've always had trouble saying these 4 words together:

Whale
Oil
Beef
Hooked

I just sound like an Irish man swearing

Back to the topic in hand

Raleigh
is it
Raaa-lee?
R-alley?