For the record, if you are from the deep south, i.e. redneck country, it is pronounced "Jag-Waar"

Cheers,

Dave

 

I had a professor from England in college. He pronounced Aluminum as Al-u-min-i-um. I figured that one out quite easily. However, he was talking about Keramiks one class, and I was completely lost. When another mystified student asked, he was able to explain that he was speaking about "ceramics" after pointing to his coffee (tea?) mug.

 

It's a metal, like sodium. You don't say sodum.

Or potassium. You leave the "i" in.

Or the metal / Nirvana's Lithium. Again, that "ium" ending.

Something weird happened in USA with aluminium

 

We took out a lot of extraneous letters.


Labour = labor
Colour = color


for example.


Just trying to economize.

 

According to PORSCHE itself, the pronunciation is;
Paaash-ah

 

I collect watches. One of my favorite makes is Breguet. Without any clues I always pronounced it Bru-je. I was then told it was Breh-gay.

I had an opportunity to talk to the firms archivist, who is a relation of the founder and has the last name Breguet. I asked him which pronunciation was correct. His response was along the lines “you paid that much money for a watch, you can pronounce it however you like”. I thought that was a funny response so that’s my motto on these thing :-)

 

British say it one way Americans say it another does it really matter make yourself happy and say it any way you want

 

 

Arkansas

 

Who the f is Roger Dubois?

 

A brand of watches (haute horology).

 

Glad we cleared that up.
It's actually Roger Dubuis which I'd pronounce rojet do-bwe, Dubois would be pronounced do-bwah.
Are the watches any good?

 

It is, and always shall be, aluminium because it is named for alumina and follows the naming protocol of other elements: magnesium, potassium, sodium and so forth.

 

Yikes! Has no English speaker outside Canada studied French? That watch brand is "row-jay' doo-bwa' ". Two syllables for each word, the stress on the second syllable in each case.

 

Hllarium..

 

Oui, c'est vrai.

 

Yes but expensive. They can run into the six figures.

-dsd

 

.... and carbon and boron and silicon and tin and bismuth..... etc.
How about "Alumon"?

 

I know 3 people with the last name of Dubois. One pronounces it Due-BOYS, one pronounces it DUE-boys and one pronounces it Due-bwah.

 

We have much French here in Louisiana.


I know someone named Robert Robert, pronounced Rah-bert Roe-bear.


Also, Richard Richard pronounced Rich-ard Ree-shard.