How do you pronounce "Mavic"

[janiejones]

hello,

is it m -av-ic (the av as in have) or is it Mar-vic?

 

[sogood]

hello,

is it m -av-ic (the av as in have) or is it Mar-vic?

Whatever, as long as you keep that French accent!

 

[BornInZion]

may-vick, and in Germantown they say mah-wick.

 

[Bob Ross]

I've only ever heard it pronounced "ma-VEEK" with the accent on the 2nd syllable and a twinge of that French nasal attitude.

 

[sk8ar]

I pronounce it like.
Man only Ma
vic like Victor
Ma vic
[Mawic]

 

[lwedge]

How do you pronounce "Mavic"?

Anyway you want to Janie. It's your prerogative.





A neighbor of mine who is French\Suisse pronounces it Mai-veek.


lw

 

[graf zeppelin]

I've only ever heard it pronounced "ma-VEEK" with the accent on the 2nd syllable and a twinge of that French nasal attitude.

Ditto.

 

[lwedge]

Ditto.

LOL ! Zeps, I have never heard it pronounced that way before... Ditto?

lw

 

[DiabloScott]

Anyway you want to Janie. It's your prerogative.

Thank you for spelling prerogative correctly!

 

[lwedge]

Thank you for spelling prerogative correctly!

Yes sir.

Hey Scott, you haven't been playing with matches around any bay area oil refineries have you.

Did the Mt. Diablo territory get smoke from the fire ?

lw

 

[DiabloScott]

Yes sir.

Hey Scott, you haven't been playing with matches around any bay area oil refineries have you.

Did the Mt. Diablo territory get smoke from the fire ?

lw

Heard about that Richmond "shelter in place" this morning on the radio... that's quite a distance and a couple valleys away from Diablo though; no smoke around here. I'd rather live next to a nuke plant than a refinery.

 

[dannyyy]

i say mah-vic or maa-vic

 

[Eastway82]

I've only ever heard it pronounced "ma-VEEK" with the accent on the 2nd syllable and a twinge of that French nasal attitude.

Is the correct answer. Have a biscuit.

 

[Wurm]

I pronounce Mavic: "oh-ver-PRICED".

 

[dgregory57]

I bypassed reading this thread for a while, but then I got curious.

I pronounce it like maverick without the R sound... I have no idea if I pronounce it properly, but you asked.

Perhaps someone should start a cycling web site with all of the proper brand name pronunciation... Since I assume your real question is, "What is the correct pronunciation of Mavic?"

Or maybe it is a good topic for a wikipedia article. It is definitelty an interesting issue with the international flavor of the cycling industry.

 

[sogood]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavic

How about that? MAVIC is actually an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel!

 

[Wurm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavic

How about that? MAVIC is actually an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel!

Which means since it's not an actual word, you can pronounce it any damned way you please.

I think I'll have that biscuit now.

 

[janiejones]

I think I'll have that biscuit now. [/QUOTE]
Yes you can have it - what type would you prefer?.

 

[Wurm]

I always liked that Aussie humor.

 

[rooman]

I pronounce it like.
Man only Ma
vic like Victor
Ma vic
[Mawic]

who knows/cares ?...

never really bothered about it...for me , its either mav-itch or mav-ic ( in "strayan") depending on how many coffees I've had...rarely gets a mention on TV anyway other an as "neutral service" (does it really matter?)...