TheStig Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 JJJJJJJEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOBBBBBBB!!!!!!!! I think thats how you say Geagua Lake... Colin"Couldent say Knobels, but its lik kuh no bells, right?"C
easytoremember Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 I couldn't say schwarzkopf until I heard somebody say it at the SFOG spring fling
cprocks22 Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 ^Theres no way i could pronounce it unless i heard it.
steel Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 ^It's pretty much the way it looks. SHWORTS-kopf or SHVORTS-kopf BTW, this is my frame of reference for the pronounciation of Geauga Lake.
niiicolaaah Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 That and Tusenfryd, I don't know how to say that, but thanks to Elissa I now know how to pronounce Bobbejaanland! I think it's TOOsen FREED, but I could be totally wrong. Gerstlauer - GURST-lahwer?
XII Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Dodopana Kraken Knobels Bobbejeanland Geauga Lake I thought it was pronounced like "Gwaga Lake"
coasterlover420 Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Geauga is actually pronounced----Jee AH guh----I heard stuff about Geauga County when I was at CP. And at first I mispronounced Tatsu. I said TAAt su, but it's like tot-soo.
MARK Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 I said Int-a-min was Int-aah-min, but then I heard some peoples on a video say it different. I still think Int-aah-min sounds stronger than int-a-min. I also used to pronounce Bolliger and Mabillard as Bolliger and Mallibard, but then I actually looked at it and corrected myself.
steel Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Gerstlauer: GERST-laow-er Just to clear things up, "Bolliger and Mabillard" is NOT pronounced... "BAHL-ih-jer and MAB-ill-ard." It is pronounced... "BAHL-ih-ger and MAB-ee-yard" Hard "g" in "Bolliger."
trustkill22 Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 This here is not a coaster company or coaster name but a track element I dont know how to pronounce Helix Is it hell-ix or heel-ix
ParkTrips Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Mow-wer sohn made Pandemonium, correct? Of course regional dialects make it hard to express pronunciations in leters and syllables. We could all be saying things correctly but misrepresenting on "paper" I can correctly promounce (and spell!) Lake Winnepesaukah so that's all that matters in my life 8)
Kroger8 Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 This here is not a coaster company or coaster name but a track element I dont know how to pronounce Helix Is it hell-ix or heel-ix I am pretty sure its heel-ix. And thanks niiicolaaah!
coasterlover420 Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Gerstlauer:GERST-laow-er Just to clear things up, "Bolliger and Mabillard" is NOT pronounced... "BAHL-ih-jer and MAB-ill-ard." It is pronounced... "BAHL-ih-ger and MAB-ee-yard" Hard "g" in "Bolliger." It's actually pronounced ~BOY-ih-ger~ and ~MOB-ee-ard~
Louise Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Like Jow said, things like Bolliger & Mabillard are always gonna sound different in different accents. There are several words that when said with a British accent just sound damn weird, but it sounds even weirder if we try to Americanise them. Pretty much the same as others: I had NO clue how to pronounce "Geauga" until I heard it on In The Loop. And until I heard Elissa say it correctly, I'd always assumed it was "Can-OH-bie", rather than "CAN-oh-bie", which I now have confirmed from Mr Canobie Fan himself, I think, if I read his post here correctly. Nicole, I'm never sure if it's Too-sen-FREED, or Too-sen-FRID. I think FREED. (Weirdest looking post ever.)
ParkTrips Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 wooo bout time the linguistics woman showed up 8) I am sooo trembling in the presence of a porn star with her superior linguistics skills
Louise Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 ^ LMAO!! I actually considered typing that post entirely in IPA but decided that'd be a little too pretentious.
ParkTrips Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Stop using words like "pretentions" and abbreviations like "IPA" because I have no freakin clue what they mean!!
Thrillrider15 Posted May 1, 2006 Author Posted May 1, 2006 Maybe I can put it in these words. For when you first glance at a word that you don't know how to pronounce, your brain sometimes filters some of the stuff out of the word, or sentence. It could be a letter, a word, or a pronunciation. Here's an example: For what I'm going to show you is a sentence. In order for this to work, you have to skim the sentence, or read it quickly. Don't take your time on this. So here it is: My grandmother went to the the store to buy some groceries. If this worked correctly, you shouldn't have noticed that there were two "the" words, in the sentence. As said before, it is the way the brain works that makes this happen. In another case, you try to pronounce a word that maybe has a K in it. You might not know if the K makes a K sound, or if it's silent. That's a different case. I hope this clears things out a bit.
Angry_Gumball Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 This also works if you just glance at it and read it quick.
Scaparri Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Huss I have always pronounced it H(uh)ss, but I was informed last year when CP installed MaXair that it is actually pronounced like moose with an h. I don't know how much truth there is to that though.
ParkTrips Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 ^ I've always believed that the "moose" pronounciation comes from German dialect and is therefore probably how you are to pronounce it but I don;t think anyone will fault you for saying it the other way - just remember we are ignorant Americans
Darien Laker Posted May 1, 2006 Posted May 1, 2006 Wow I've been saying Kraken wrong for three years now....it's a good thing this thread is here.
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