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Do you pronounce it Thule or Thule?

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  • November 2, 2018 at 10:26 am #29098
    freetime101

    Ok so I appreciate text is not the best way to discuss pronouciation, but we’re gonna give it a go!

    I’ve always pronouced Thule “thool”, but in their marketing videos it’s pronouced “toolay”. 

    Everyone I know says “thool” (well, everyone that discusses roof bars and bike racks…), but now that I know it should be “toolay” I feel I should say it properly, but also feel a bit of a numpty for saying it differently… 

    I guess it’s a bit of a Porsh/Porsh-a thing?

    There’s also Sram/Shram, Schwalbe/Schvalbe, Bont-rah-ger/Bont-ray-ger, Campag-yolo/Campanyolo etc

    I guess my question is, once you know you’ve been saying a name wrong, do you start and say it the correct way, or continue the way everyone around you does?

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  • November 2, 2018 at 4:26 pm #930737
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    hawkinspeter
    Freetime101 wrote:
    PRSboy wrote:
    I was bored so I looked it up.  Turns out its not actually a ‘real’ word like Porsche, but a name thought up by the Thulin family, from Sweden, who founded the company.

    So you can pronounce it how you like IMO.  Or ask a Swede.

    I would run with however everyone else says it, or you at best confuse people or at worst look pretentious.

    After all, would you say “I went to Par-ee for the weekend”… 

    The only words that should be pronounced properly are Italian ones, because they sound sooo much better in Italian.

    SRAM is an acronym from the founders’ names.

    That’s my feelings on it – I still say eye-key-a not ick-ear for ikea 

    Bristolian for IKEA is eye-key-awl.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Bristol#Dialect

    November 2, 2018 at 4:24 pm #930735
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    brooksby
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    Who can tell? Nyarlathotep gets around a bit, what with having a thousand forms.

    Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.

    CoC never did, IIRC.  The only game that can be played by teenagers or children where “suicide” can be a rational decision.  Ah, fun times!

    November 2, 2018 at 4:22 pm #930733
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    CygnusX1
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.

    Well, that explains a LOT.

    Was it by any chance the satanic african ground squirrels that came for you when they discovered you trying to unearh their nuts? angel

    November 2, 2018 at 4:17 pm #930731
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    freetime101
    PRSboy wrote:
    I was bored so I looked it up.  Turns out its not actually a ‘real’ word like Porsche, but a name thought up by the Thulin family, from Sweden, who founded the company.

    So you can pronounce it how you like IMO.  Or ask a Swede.

    I would run with however everyone else says it, or you at best confuse people or at worst look pretentious.

    After all, would you say “I went to Par-ee for the weekend”… 

    The only words that should be pronounced properly are Italian ones, because they sound sooo much better in Italian.

    SRAM is an acronym from the founders’ names.

    That’s my feelings on it – I still say eye-key-a not ick-ear for ikea 

    November 2, 2018 at 4:15 pm #930729
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    freetime101
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

     

    I had no idea about this – could have been a very different thread indeed!

    November 2, 2018 at 4:14 pm #930727
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    freetime101
    brooksby wrote:
    I hate it when you have to speak a word that you’ve only ever seen written down and not heard anyone actually say (and you don’t know whether you’re saying it right).

    (Not quite the same, but imagine my shame when my wife informed me that Bath is actually pronounced “Barth” and grass is pronounced “grarss” yes ).

     

    A fellow northerner who married a southerner then? 😀

    Teaching the kids to speak will be confusing for them – is it path or parth…

    I’m still not sure where Newcarstle is 😛 

    November 2, 2018 at 3:39 pm #930725
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    hawkinspeter
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    Who can tell? Nyarlathotep gets around a bit, what with having a thousand forms.

    Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.

    November 2, 2018 at 3:35 pm #930723
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    CygnusX1 wrote:
    Oh and pronounce Campagnolo how you like, just for the love of god don’t abbreviate it to “campy”. Only “campag” is allowed. 

    Cam-pan-yo-lo, isn’t it?

     

    See also: Che-les-teh.

    November 2, 2018 at 2:50 pm #930721
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    brooksby

    I hate it when you have to

    I hate it when you have to speak a word that you’ve only ever seen written down and not heard anyone actually say (and you don’t know whether you’re saying it right).

    (Not quite the same, but imagine my shame when my wife informed me that Bath is actually pronounced “Barth” and grass is pronounced “grarss” yes ).

    November 2, 2018 at 2:48 pm #930719
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    brooksby
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

    Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep?  (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).

    November 2, 2018 at 1:56 pm #930717
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    CygnusX1

    Oh and pronounce Campagnolo

    Oh and pronounce Campagnolo how you like, just for the love of god don’t abbreviate it to “campy”. Only “campag” is allowed. 

    November 2, 2018 at 1:53 pm #930715
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    CygnusX1

    Come on Eileen  …

    Come on Eileen  …

    Thule, Thule, Thule (pr. Too-lay, Too-lay, Too-lay) ray

    And you’ll hum this Thule (pr. Thool) forever

     

    November 2, 2018 at 1:51 pm #930713
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    hawkinspeter

    I though it was some sinister

    I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society

    (Basically a Nazi occult society)

     

    November 2, 2018 at 1:38 pm #930711
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    PRSboy

    I was bored so I looked it up

    I was bored so I looked it up.  Turns out its not actually a ‘real’ word like Porsche, but a name thought up by the Thulin family, from Sweden, who founded the company.

    So you can pronounce it how you like IMO.  Or ask a Swede.

    I would run with however everyone else says it, or you at best confuse people or at worst look pretentious.

    After all, would you say “I went to Par-ee for the weekend”… 

    The only words that should be pronounced properly are Italian ones, because they sound sooo much better in Italian.

    SRAM is an acronym from the founders’ names.

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