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i thought it was zi-zang, but apparently it's scha-zang
i thought it was zi-zang, but apparently it's scha-zang
Let’s settle this....
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Disco Drive
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Hei Hei - hay hay or hee hee? ...how deep does this rabbit hole go?
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always thought it was hay hay, but have heard high high, actually unsure, i would ask the rep but sometimes when i ask him he just says "i don't know" then rolls his eyes.
he's a mate, he's only 30ish, so doesnt give a crap when i ask! bloody old bugger is what he's thinking!
i asked about some other names, he said the Kona Unit got called the Unit because some one in a sales meeting asked "how many units did we sell?" and someone took the piss and decided to call a bike that.
also, the new Honzo ESD, that's apparently "extra slack dude" because some one said we want this frame extra slack dude in a design meeting.
always thought it was hay hay, but have heard high high, actually unsure, i would ask the rep but sometimes when i ask him he just says "i don't know" then rolls his eyes.
he's a mate, he's only 30ish, so doesnt give a crap when i ask! bloody old bugger is what he's thinking!
i asked about some other names, he said the Kona Unit got called the Unit because some one in a sales meeting asked "how many units did we sell?" and someone took the piss and decided to call a bike that.
also, the new Honzo ESD, that's apparently "extra slack dude" because some one said we want this frame extra slack dude in a design meeting.
RickTheUncivil
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Fuquay?
Fuquay?
Disco Drive
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Fuh- kwai
torqueless
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There's an acute accent on the 'e' in their logo, so it's probably French derivation and the best phonetic approximation an anglophone could hope for would be 'ran-glay'.
..but then we have to realise that 'Notre Dame' (notra dahm) is pronounced 'noder daym' by Usanians.
Ask a French person.. if you can still get to one..
There's an acute accent on the 'e' in their logo, so it's probably French derivation and the best phonetic approximation an anglophone could hope for would be 'ran-glay'.
..but then we have to realise that 'Notre Dame' (notra dahm) is pronounced 'noder daym' by Usanians.
Ask a French person.. if you can still get to one..
I still pronounce Tange as tanj, even though i know its pronounced differently. I doubt most people would know what i am on about if i pronounced it correctly, and as for Ringle, i pronounce that ringul, again due to most using the English pronunciation and not understanding what i am on about if i emphasize the accented e on the end 
Kona name pronunciations are all in their catalogues
Kona name pronunciations are all in their catalogues
torqueless
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Yeah.. some things are wrong for so long that it's easier to just follow the crowd and keep doing them wrong... if you want to get the part..
Hotwheels.
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I'm a Foo-kay man myself.Disco Drive":2bluqlpc said:
