How do you say pilates?

[snorri]

Definitely no R in it.

 

[cheadle hulme]

Just fancy stretching innit?

If you do it properly (and weighted) it is an absolutely killer workout! I overdid it on 1st time (well its just fancy stretching wot birds do innit?). Ached for days in very odd places.

 

[Radius]

pee-lah-tés (tays) surely?

 

[snapper_37]

pee-lah-tés (tays) surely?

How posh

I'd say it's all down to accent myself. In the lovely black part of the country, it would be peee-low-tays ay it.

 

[Headgardener]

How posh

I'd say it's all down to accent myself. In the lovely black part of the country, it would be peee-low-tays ay it.

Ar yer roight ar kid.

 

[Mortiroloboy]

pee-lart-eeze for me. Pee-lart-eeze rice with that Madras thankyou!

 

[papercorn2000]

Pie-lates , especially if you want to annoy Mrs. PC.

 

[mickle]

Yup, Pie-laits for me too.

 

[Fnaar]

I call it "your pretend exercise"

 

[beanzontoast]

As in: "Ay lad, 'as off ter Pill-at-ease ternit."

I believe this is the correct pronunciaton of the aforementioned word.

 

[redjedi]

When they're doing it on "Oz Style Aerobics" I don't care what they call it

 

[Andy in Sig]

Ponshus.

 

[beanzontoast]

Ponshus.

That, my friend, is very, very good!

 

[gavintc]

I just cannot work out where many of you are getting that R from. It is completely weird. But, I suppose it is comparable to Bath being pronounced Barth if you come from the south

I have always pronounced pilates pi-lat-eez and most people I know use this pronunciation.