Names you've mispronounced

[Thrillrider15]

List all the names of coasters, Parks, ride companies, etc., that you've mispronounced. They do have to do with amusement parks, or rides.

 

I'll start off.

 

Vekoma

Kraken

Kumba

Sheikra

Fujiyama

Dodonpa

Geauga Lake

Gemini

Medusa

Rita: The Queen of Speed

Zonga

Hades

Zeus

Kumali

Opa (lol)

HexenBesen

Tatsu

Dragon Khan

Katun

Supersonic Odyssey

Eejanaika

[YoshiFan]

B&M, (I always say the full name wrong)

[Jeezus Juice]

Geauga

Knoebels

 

Ask Wally about 'Zaturn' LOL

 

-Don

[Darien Laker]

Vekoma:Is it like Vee-coma....or like Va-coma? I've never been sure if the e is long or short....

 

Drachen Fire:I get this one now....The "ch" makes that phlemmy back of throat sound....like a cross between a "k" and a "h".

 

I'm sure there are more

[Twister II]

Tatsu, always said the band name.

 

and

 

Vekoma.

[niiicolaaah]

Gerstlauer

Bobbejaanland

Geauga Lake

[Wes]

I always think Kingda Ka is pronounced Top Thrill Dragster.

[errtyme]

^^^^^ Hahahahahaha!!!!

[CoasterCrazy]

This thread reminds me of this video from R&E's EURO Trip last year!

 

Some of the names that I have mispronounced:

 

Bobbejaanland

Geauga Lake

Tatsu

Knoebels

Tusenfryd

[niiicolaaah]

Vekoma:Is it like Vee-coma....or like Va-coma? I've never been sure if the e is long or short....

 

I'm sure there are more

 

V'Coma

 

COMAAAAAAAhhhh i love vekomaaaa

[Canobie Fan]

Geauga Lake I didnt know how to say till I went in the 90s

And umm...Wyandot Lake.

 

A LOT Of people say "Canobie" wrong.. like "ka no be"... Thats wrong....

[steel]

Vekoma:Is it like Vee-coma....or like Va-coma? I've never been sure if the e is long or short....

Neither. It's more like "vay-COMB-uh" The "vay" is a cross between "va" and "vay," but it's a little more "vay." Sort of like "veh."

 

I mispronounced Tatsu until yesterday. I was saying "TAT-soo." with an "a" as in "apple"

Geauga Lake went through a lot. First it was "goo-AY-gah (I don't know how I got that)," then it was "gee-AH-gah," with a hard "g," as in "goat." Now I'm right.

Space Mountain.

Yeah, that isn't true...

[BeemerBoy]

I always think Kingda Ka is pronounced Top Thrill Dragster.

 

Now that's good comedy.

[niiicolaaah]

Geauga Lake I didnt know how to say till I went in the 90s

And umm...Wyandot Lake.

 

A LOT Of people say "Canobie" wrong.. like "ka no be"... Thats wrong....

 

CAN-uh-bee, right??

[MattJackson]

umm, how is Geauga pronounced? I was thinking something like "GOW-ja"

 

And I didn't know that Knoebels actually pronounced the 'K'!

[ECZenith]

Bolliger & Mabi-LARD (really pronounced Mah-Bee-Yard)

 

Kray-ken (really pronounced Krah-Ken)

[Blue0ctane]

Geuga Lake, like everyone else.

[Kroger8]

I still can't say that^ as I don't know how it is truly pronounced either...

 

I have been saying GE-OW-GA.

 

That and Tusenfryd, I don't know how to say that, but thanks to Elissa I now know how to pronounce Bobbejaanland!

[steel]

Geauga Lake:

 

"jee-AH-gah layk"

 

At least I think that's right.

[dragoncoaster1292]

Gerstlauer - I still don't know how to pronounce it! (GER-is-lat-er is how I pronounce it.)

 

Geauga Lake - Like everyone else. I pronounce it "GEEUH-juh layk" Is that right?

 

Zierer - "ZEER-ur" Is that right?

[Kroger8]

You were closer^

 

From www.AllRefer.com

 

"Geauga County, Ohio (OH), United States

 

Facts & Statistics

 

Place Name

Geauga County

 

Pronunciation

jee-O-guh"

[ncf]

The O in Vekoma is pronounced like the O in "or".

[Deadromanticx]

^^jee-OH-guh? Damn. I've been saying "guy-OO-guh."

[ncf]

I just say Geh-ah-ooh-gah, just like any norwegian would say it

[Milkchan]

I know how to say Intamin

But I use to say In-tea-m