Pronunciation

December 24th, 2009 @ 5:57 pm

I was reading a magazine today and it was talking about Quinoa. It got me thinking about names of products that look like they would be pronounced one way, but they’re pronounced completely different from how they look. Here are the top three sticking out in my mind.

Quinoa:
I thought it was pronounced qui-no-uh, but it’s actually pronounced keen-wah
Medela:
I thought it was pronounced meh-del-a, but it’s actually pronounced meh-dee-la
Chicco:
I thought it was pronounced chee-ko, but it’s actually pronounced key-ko

Who would have thought. What products did you think were pronounced one way, but they’re actually pronounced another?