Pronunciations

[Howard Newell]

Strictly speaking, that is correct. However, it is a very German Brand so it could be argued you have to use a German pronounciation of this French word.
So I'd still say 'Taa-bach'.

Gah, this is confusing!

 

[lamina]

Non mais...!!! Or Tah-Barr

 

[Jarmo P]

Well, Stauff has it right dudes. There are always those that just want to add confusion, like that French thing, lol.

But as jpkunst already told:

Go here: http://www.tabac-original.de/zeitreise.php and listen to one of the German Tabac Original TV spots. ("TV spot" in German = Fernsehspot.)

In that link he gave there are little TV commercials from years 1960, 68, 69, 70 72, 76 and 1980 with audio so that there are now no disambiquity left how the Tabac brand should be pronounced.

 

[Badturkeys]

Proraso? Is it just pro-rah-so? or Pror-ahso?

 

[eric.huntley]

thats totally unamerican of you to want to know the correct pronunciation of foreign words. just give it your best approximation and if that's not correct, just say it louder!


marty

"Nucular Weapons.."

 

[eric.huntley]

How about Floid? (Sorry, I don't know how to put the Umlaut over the i)
Floyd?


By the way... How DO I put an umlaut over something?

 

[jkh]

"Nucular Weapons.."

I think you meant Nucular Weapons..

 

[SepticTank]

German only has umlauts (literally "change sound") on a, o & u (ä, ö & ü). In French they have them on e & i as far as I remember (ë & ï) - from my dim and distant memory it means that you don't merge the vowel sounds - so Citroën the car maker is properly Sitro-en... Following that through Floïd should be Flo-eed (compare naïve)

The correct english name for the umlaut/dots above the vowel is diaeresis I think...

 

[eric.huntley]

Hmmm....

Hopefully I never have to speak it.

German only has umlauts (literally "change sound") on a, o & u (ä, ö & ü). In French they have them on e & i as far as I remember (ë & ï) - from my dim and distant memory it means that you don't merge the vowel sounds - so Citroën the car maker is properly Sitro-en... Following that through Floïd should be Flo-eed (compare naïve)

The correct english name for the umlaut/dots above the vowel is diaeresis I think...

 

[RickfromLafayette]

I've wondered about that one, too. While we're at it: Thiers Issard...(?)...

tay'ar ISSAR'

 

[Holzie]

Too funny, thats how it is when your overseas traveling. Occasionally, you see some American, usually in cargo shorts, baseball cap and white tennis shoes trying to be understood as the volume goes up. Too funny

 

[dpm802]

Proraso? Is it just pro-rah-so? or Pror-ahso?

pro-RAZZ-oh.
Musgo Real = MOOSH-go ray-AHL.

 

[moshulu]

tay'ar ISSAR'

Not quite. This one is tricky.

Thiers Issard

Tee yerr, where yerr is like yell except an r sound instead of th l. Accent at the end.

Ee zahr, with the accent at the end.

BTW, that would be "laisser rouler le bon temps"

 

[Ollivander]

BTW, that would be "laisser rouler le bon temps"

Google translate is funny when you start taking letters from the end of that phrase.

laisser rouler le bon tem
let it run the right temperature

laisser rouler le bon te
let the smooth ride you

laisser rouler le bon
let it run good

laisser rouler le b
let it roll the b

laisser rouler le
let it roll on

I personally like the second translation. Sounds like a cigarette ad.

 

[RickfromLafayette]

BTW, that would be "laisser rouler le bon temps"

Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet - Let the good times roll.

Your interpretation may be correct when it comes to Parisian French...and I'm sure you are, but. But, here in Louisiana, they speak Cajun French which is a far cry from the French spoken in Europe. It's like the English we speak here in the States as compared to the proper English spoken in Great Britain.

The Brits stopped trying to correct us years ago.

 

[Slivovitz]

Another common one, Merkur. It's not "Murker". Closer to "mare-KURR".