Russell wrote:
> When I was growing up on the west coast (California), everyone pronounced Porsche "porsh." when I
> moved to the east coast, it was "porsh-uh."
That's 'cause the East coast is closer to der Vaterland, so we have to pronounce it correctly.
> Which brings up my question to you, faithful reader of r.b.t.: how do you pronounce Mavic?
>
> I've heard it a few different ways:
>
> "MAY-vic" "may-VEAK" "mah-VEAK" "MAH-vic"
>
> Which do you use, and where do you live?
When I'm speaking French, it's "mah-VEAK"
When I'm speaking English it's MA-vic, with "MA" pronounced as in "MAtttess."
The thing that gets me going is when people pronounce "Braun" as if it were "brawn."
This is a word that is properly pronounced exactly the same in German and English, and has exactly
the same meaning in German and English. Only the spelling is different: "Braun" vs "Brown."
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