Names you've mispronounced

[Jon Sabo]

I was confused with Vekoma as well. Reason being that I have heard it pronounced with both versions..lol

 

You could view it this way: Vekoma fan?-VeCOMA

or hate the mfg?-VaCOMA (too bad Arrow didn't have this name since some of the roughness on their rides made you feel like you wanted to be in a 'Coma')..lol

[matteocrepaldi]

I had some trouble with Magnum because I'm from Italy and in Italy we pronounce the g and the n together.

It's not easy to explain; if you know spanish it's like the n with the two dots over it.

[steel]

Magnum:

Say "mag," then wait a moment, then say "num." Repeat or add water to make lemonade.

 

As far as Tusenfryd goes...

If you know how to say an umlaut, look at this:

TOOS-ehn-FRÜD

If not...

TOOS-ehn-FROOD

 

I got this is from the video of Speed Monster, so I think it's correct. It may be wrong.

 

I'm confused on Lake Winnepesaukah. Is it "Layk win-ehp-eh-SOOK-ah," "Layk win-ehp-eh-SAHK-ah," or something else all together?

[Machtin]

Ok, here's a little trip into German pronunciation for you to know how to say all the German coaster terms. That's not as easy as it sounds because some sounds are almost impossible to describe with English characters.

Before I begin, let me say the German R differs extremely from the English one. Try to make an R and then go down with your tongue to the throat. If the sound that you hear comes solely out of the throat and isn't formed in your mouth anymore, then you do right.

The U is indeed pronounced as ooh, but most of the times a lot shorter.

And for the A: Just try to immitate an English accent as in dance.

I'll use an ' to mark the stressed syllable.

 

Schwarzkopf = 'Shvarts-koppf (means black head in English, by the way)

 

Gerstlauer = 'Guerst-low-er (ow as in tower)

 

Maurer & Söhne = 'Mow-rer oond 'Zu-neh (try to pronounce the U as in murder, means Mason & Sons' in English)

 

Maybe you saw here that the character Ö is completely different to the character O. I feel so sory for Sören because he is is always mispronounced by everyone here. Maybe you could make him happy by trying to pronounce his name the right way:

 

Sören = 'Zu-ren (with murder-u again )

 

Back to the topic:

 

Mack = 'Muck

 

Zierer = 'Tsee-rer

 

Huss = 'Hooss (remember to shorten the oo)

 

Werner Stengel = 'Ver-ner 'Shtengle (the g is pronounced rather softly)

 

Immelmann = 'Im-mle-munn

 

Now, on to the parks:

 

Heide Park = 'Hy-deh Park

 

Europapark = Oy-'ro-pa-park (for the Oy, try to imagine a very strong Australian accent)

 

Phantasialand = Fun-'ta-zee-a-lund

 

Hansa Park = 'Hunn-za Park

 

Robb said in his trip report that this one was the hardest to pronounce, so this is just for him:

 

Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten = 'Vild oond 'Fry-tsight-park 'Clot-ten (this means "park for wildlife and leisure time" Klotten)

 

 

Well, that's all I can think of at the moment. I hope this helps.

[Thrillrider15]

^

 

Thanks for explaining this to everyone. For me, it makes a lot more sense now. I hope that's the same for almost everybody else.

[steel]

^^Und B&M? Ich weiß, daß es nicht deutsch ist, aber ich bin ich hatte Recht vorher ziemlich sicher.

 

If you understood that, you get a cookie!

 

What I said was "And B&M? I know it isn't exactly German, but I'm fairly sure I was right before."

[Canobie Fan]

Mow-wer sohn made Pandemonium, correct?

If by "Mow-wer sohn" you mean Gerstlauer then yeah your correct!

 

 

 

 

Canobie "Its CAN-AH-BEEEEEE Lake" Fan

[JamesMC]

The English language put the "h" in sugar and sure

We put the "R" in Colonel

We removed the "K" from Knowledge and Knife

We've got "Read" (reed) and "Read" (Red)

We've got "Tear" (teer) and "Tear" (tare)

We've got "Wind" (winned) and "Wind" (wined)

 

My point is saying, unless you know the language, assume that you don't!!

English is confusing enough and we speak it.

 

James (why does my name end in an 's' if I am not plural?)