CORRECT PRONUNCIATION

[showermist]

yung 'route' naman sa akin.  my american boss pronounced it 'root' eh ako, roWte. akala ko mali ako yun pala parehong tama. hehe

[aceofhearts]

Chicco= pronounced as Kee-ko not chiko 

[chrome-plated heart]

^Natawa ako sa sarili ko sis, nagulo ako dun ha    We don't pronounce the "o"

Iron - ayrn or ay-ern

haha oo nga sis, ang hirap kasi ilagay kung paano yung pagkasabi. anyway, pareho lang ba bigkas sa nagplantsa saka yung nasa vitamin/minerals? yung kapitbahay kasi namin sabi magkaiba daw basa dun?

[showermist]

^yes sis.

[isobel]

^meron pa nga mengo eh

ohmygod, naalala ko na naman yung nagtitinda ng ice cream na binilhan namin ng mom ko a looooong time ago. turo ako sa gallon ng ice cream na kulay yellow sabay tanong kung anong flavor. sabi sa akin, "minggo."  tinginan kami ng mom ko, hindi namin gets kung anong flavor yun. tanong ulit kami. "minggo" talaga. until it dawned on us na mango pala!  until now, source of amusement pa rin para sa amin yang incident na yan 

[ms.florida]

nice thread, ang dami ko natutunan 

[-munchkins12-]

For example the word PIVOT...it should be pronounced as is (or pivet). But nung sa dressmaking class we studied dart manipulation using the pivot method. Panay sabi ng mga classmates ko PIE-VOT (including our trainer). and ako naman syempre panay padinig ko ng PIVOT, pero everytime i say the correct pronunciation, parang natatawa sila.
When i corrected them and told them it's pivot not pie-vot...sabi nila ang bantot naman daw pakinggan ng pivot mas sosyal daw yung pie-vot...

K fine! LOL

Mali rin pronunciation ko nito before PIE-VOT then my friend corrected me. Hehe!

[killbill]

^Sis, as I've mentioned before, there's "Deutsche" and "Deutsch", sige na nga itatanong ko na sa German pag may nakausap ako sa office namin sa Germany. That was explained to me before but I didn't pay much attention (was just trying to create a conversation LOL.. sayang!)

sa office namin puro european ang clients

Deutsche - doy-che
Deutsch - doych

yung name na armin van vuuren - armin van vyooren bale dutch yung name nya
tag heuer - tag hoyer

yung j nila parang y

e.g.
johan - yohan,
jan - yan
katja - katya

[twelve5]

some additions:
coupon-kupon...not kyoopon

Both pronunciations are actually correct.

[twelve5]

some additions:


Paris-paree

Thats the french way of saying it.

[margeL]

does anyone know the pronunciation of estee lauder?

[killbill]

saka yung lancome pala mga sis

[sushisundance]

^ Estee Lauder - ESS-tay LAW-dur
Lancome - lahn-kuum

Other brands:
Guerlain - Guhr-lan
Givenchy - zhee-VAH(N)-shee
Chanel - SHAH-nell
Esprit - ES-pree
Marithe et Francois Girbaud -  Mah-ri-TAY eh Frans-SUAH Jeer BOW

[aien]

Arkansas=Arkanso

pag river - Arkansas River - Ar-Kansas River

[muahmuahmuah]

Salmon = Semon  or Samon haha or something like i basta silent 'L' i even thought they were referring to something else...nuninuninu

[taleebin]

voussoirs - vous-wah

[killbill]

pansin ko lang pag nanonood ako ng american tv shows yung singer nila eh sing-ger

[muahmuahmuah]

^no that's ebonics...improper parin yan.

[Nuna]

ang astig ng thread. dami ko natutunan ha! lalo na sa brand names. madalas pag di ko afford, di ko din sigurado tamang pronunciation eh. hahaha!

[sushisundance]

I used to pronounce algae as "al-gey". Recently ko lang nalaman na ang correct pronunciation pala ay "al-jee".