[Solved] pronunciation of Campagnolo ?

[michaelrmgreen]

I pronounce it
Cam - pan - yoh - low.
Is this correct? If not then how?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Sh*te?




<< dons hat and retreats >>

 

[ColinJ]

I pronounce it
Cam - pan - yoh - low.
Is this correct?

Correct.

And Bianchi is Bee-an-key.

There's a scene in Stars and Water Carriers (I think it was that video) where the announcer at the stage start in some Italian town is calling out the riders' names - xxx, Bee-an-key Cam-pan-yoh-low and so on.

 

[michaelrmgreen]

Thanks for that ColinJ.

 

[661-Pete]

And Bianchi is Bee-an-key.

It drove me up the wall to hear the guy in the bike shop (a well-known retailer - better be nameless ) say "buy-ant-chee". When I corrected him he seemed surprised.

One sure thing: if you're in the bike business, learn how to pronounce French and Italian...

 

[jimboalee]

Cam - pani - o - lo.

Be - an - key.

Ap - ri - ya.

Lan - chi - ya.

Moto - gutsie.

Peet - sar.

Ver - mar - chelly.

Ill - doochey.

Sue - par - mar - e - o.

 

[jimboalee]

http://translate.google.com.au/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text=campag&sl=it&tl=en#it|it|campagnolo

Click the 'speaker' icon.

 

[gavintc]

Cinelli is pronounced Chinelli with the emphasis on the penultimate sylable.

C is Ch when followed by i or e
Ch is k when followed by i or e
gn sounds like the first n in onion

Pronounciation can be a real minefield and I have still to get my head around some of the words.

 

[ASC1951]

I think you'll find that almost everyone in the UK calls it Campag; and the French call it Campy ("Cormpi").

After all, we don't normally talk about Paree or Hambourg any more than they use our local pronunciations.

 

[Will1985]

*laughs at English people trying to pronounce Italian words*

 

[Steve Austin]

Shimano

 

[e-rider]

I'd say attempting to use the proper Italian in LBS would make you look like a dope! What's wrong with Cam-pag-nolo?

 

[lanternerouge]

Depends on your perception of what a dope is! I try to get it right but then my degree was French and Italian...!

 

[661-Pete]

As an aside - if you speak any words of both Italian and Spanish, beware of the pronunciation pitfalls! I'll try to set them down as best I can recall (I'm not fluent in either):

Italian:
C followed by e or i ... ch as in cheese
C followed by a, o, u, consonant: k
CH ... k
G followed by e or i ... J as in jet
G followed by a, o, u, consonant ... hard g
GH ... hard g
J ... y as in yes.
QU ... qu as in quite
Z ... tz as blitz

Spanish (Castilian):
C followed by e or i ... th as in thin
C followed by a, o, u, consonant ... k
CU ... qu as in quite
CH ... ch as in cheese
G followed by e or i ... KH in back of throat, like 'loch' but more guttural
G followed by a, o, u, consonant ... hard g
GH ... not used
GU ... hard g
J ... KH in back of throat, like 'loch' but more guttural
QU ... k
Z ... th as in thin

And of course in Andalucian and Latin American Spanish, different again!

Stick to English....

 

[jimboalee]

Walk into a bike shop as say "I want a Record groupset".

If they are confused, walk out.