How to pronounce Italian bike names

ch in Italian can be either hard, as in the English k, or soft as in church. If the ch has an e after it then it's soft so Miche should be pronounced 'me-shay'.

I thank you.

It's the 'kay' and 'chay' though isn't it? Not 'shay'.

Yes. Doh.

Who knows?
http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-156234.html

Yeah I knew about the Mi-Kay thing but if you say it like that no one knows wtf you are talking about.

"I really love my Mi kay hubs".

See?

Changes a lot of the film puns from the other day.

Oh Miche you're so fine,
you're so fine,
you blow my mind,
Hey Miche!

OR, someone phone up the Miche cycling company and se how they answer the phone. let's settle this once and for goddamn all

I once spent a Friday afternoon listening to my colleagues discussing at some length how the Siemens office in Staines would answer the phone (they were convinced it would be "Siemens, Staines").

A quick google turned up the number and I dialled it on my speaker phone - "Good afternoon, Siemens UK".

Some people have no sense of humour.

lol what are you talking about? Miche it's pronunced mee-keh in italian. Period.

Drugs are bad Miche.

What happened to Olmo? Waited patiently for it, but the internet man skipped to Pinarello. What a wanker!

So, anyone know how to pronounce Olmo? Hopefully it's how I say it, Hole (with the H silent) Mow.

What happened to Olmo? Waited patiently for it, but the internet man skipped to Pinarello. What a wanker!

So, anyone know how to pronounce Olmo? Hopefully it's how I say it, Hole (with the H silent) Mow.

On a similar note, what about Alan?

Who's Alan? Never met him.

Who's Alan? Never met him.

Alan has been one of the most successful makers of aluminum bicycles, virtually dominating the cyclocross top ranks for 20 years and providing pro rides on the road as well. Using the Alan name, they also supplied frames for other labels including Guerciotti, Fabo, Colnago & others.
Alan has a reputation for structural integrity, due to their unique system of threading the tube and lug joints, making both a mechanical and bonded connection... "Glued and Screwed!"
http://classicrendezvous.com/Italy/alan.htm

i had an alan .. nice, light, but flexy

Anyone know how to pronounce 'Veloce'? I have loads of parts in my shed and keep wondering if I sound like a prick when I say 'vey-lo-chay' to other cyclists.

Come to think of it, how do you pronounce 'Campagnolo'? I'm so used to saying 'campag' that I've never stopped to think if it was 'cam-pag-no-lo' or with a silent 'g', as in 'cam-pan-iolo'.

if the Veloce is french, then it is as it sounds, but with a gallic shrug of the shoulders - Vay - loss

campag is the second one, like bolognese

Take it from an italian:
Veolce is italian for fast and pronounced VELO-CHE (as in Gurevara not like in Miche).
Miche is "mee-keh" as already mentioned
Campagnolo is more tricky as you don't have such a sound as for "gn" in english but it is like in Bolognese.

Yes we do -

Gnostic

it's a slightly different sound, i think. in english there is a silent G, but the campag thing isn't totally silent, it does something to the N

Italian pronunciation of popular English fixed-gear cycling terms:

(to be repeated in corny Italian accent)

Eeep-ster.

Veeec-teem.

Rohl-dahp-trawsa-lehg.

Girla-frendas-zheens.

Stoopida ass-eemetric hayer-cut.

Ay-ro-spok.

Antonio Dafonio.

Ovah-praista-sheet.

Etc.

Off the top of my head (!):
gnamma, Gnaphalium, gnar, gnarl, gnash, gnat, gnathic, gnathonic, gnaw, gneiss, Gnetum, gnocchi, gnome, gnomon. gnosis, gnotobiology, gnu.

Platini I think your list contains some, like Nimbus mentioned, are a sorta silent G (gnat) but definately Gnosis (gnostic) and loads of your other ones are in the same vein as the Italian words Campagnolo, Bologna, lasange, gnocchi.

Its all latin innit.

mmm...
I didn't say you don't have the gn in english, just that in italian it's pronounced with a sound you don't have. You read it as "nee" but with a wierd sound before that.

that in italian it's pronounced with a sound you don't have

Campagnolo
Gnostic

same wierd gn sound, honest! Like when you're really straining to get a crap out!

OK, that's tha sound then! ;)

:)

hah ha

Cho-chuh. Never knew that.

http://www.mappel.de/sound/bike_brands.mp3

anybody got this file?