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Topic: How do you pronounce "Teisco" and "Guyatone"? |
Doug Beaumier
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 5:08 pm |
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| I'm same as Jim. I'm not saying it's correct. Just that that's how I say them. |
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Steve Marinak
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 5:17 pm
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you're both right...I think.
I always said it like
Tee sko
Guy a tone
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Paul Honeycutt
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 6:01 pm
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On the west coast as a kid we said "Tea-es-ko."
I don't know why we landed on that. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Steve Winters
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 7:18 pm
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| Okay Doug, is it Bow-my-er, Bee-my-er, Bow-meer, Boo-me-a ? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 7:43 pm
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| Not just a west coast thing Paul, we said it "Tea-es-ko" on the east coast too. |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 7:47 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
 Good one, Steve. I don't even know how to pronounce it anymore! I've heard a hundred different ways. |
Well, how did your parents pronounce it, Doug? Seriously...
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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David M Brown
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California, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 8:07 pm
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They are Japanese based words.
"I've always said Tee' sko
and...
Goy' (rhymes with boy) uh tone
accent on the first syllable of each word. "
The words in Romaji are:
Teisco (テスコ)
Well, the katakana in parentheses are:
テスコ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_(kana)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_(kana)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_(kana)
Te - Su - Ko
Now with the devoicing of the Japanese "u" you get a sound like "tay-ss-ko'.
So the Teisco on the label, if pronounced sort of Spanish-Portuguese-Italian would be very close.
Guyatone.
Well it comes from a word meaning toolmaker, one that takes care of tools, etc. or something. I think.
https://guyatoneus.com/history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyatone
Guyatone - グヤトーン or ガイアトーン
gu-ya-to-n
As if it was "goo-ya-tone"
It's a mixed Japanese-English word.
ã¾ãŸã
mata ne
as in "See you soon" |
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Frank James Pracher
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 8:13 pm
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I've always heard it pronounced Tess (rhymes with dress) co.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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David M Brown
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California, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 8:20 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| We pronounce it Bo' me er. The French pronunciation is Boo me a' but I've never said it that way. |
Back in South Louisiana/New Orleans it would be "Bow (like bow tie or bow and arrow) Me A (long a).
sort of like "Bo-m'yay".
But that's Cajun, cher. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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James Kerr
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 9 Apr 2017 2:39 am
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There are two French Tennis Players called Guy Forget & Henri Laconte. TV commentators have a bit of trouble with the last one.
Trifle with those if you dare.
James. |
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Steve Marinak
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Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Posted 9 Apr 2017 3:25 am
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BO ME AIR is how I thought you would pronounce it. ..and I took French as a kid, (twice, I was so bad at it)
Doug, are you in the New England area, or Rhode Island? I believe there's quite a few French in that area for many years.
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 9 Apr 2017 5:17 am
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Boomer,
Globally, dipthongs generally take on the sound of the second vowel, so I'd say 'Tai-' and 'Guy-', both long i's .
The tip-offs to me are the second syllables, '-co' and '-tone,' a company and a sound quality, Westernizations.
As language deconstructs and globalizes, cultural differences blur.
Jay Turser--a company--came to America to dub its new guitar line, and wanted to get the quality 'Tulsa' in its name,
but Japanese pronunciation gave it the 'Turser' sound. So we don't know who Guy was anymore than we do Jay.
These are more names than words, so the rules apply as loosely as they do in Beaumier.
However, I'd have said 'Bow-me-yay,' so what do I know.
I did enjoy the Japanese lesson, David, and you may be absolutely right. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Apr 2017 5:23 am
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| Charlie McDonald wrote: |
Jay Turser--a company--came to America to dub its new guitar line, and wanted to get the quality 'Tulsa' in its name,
but Japanese pronunciation gave it the 'Turser' sound. So we don't know who Guy was anymore than we do Jay. |
So you're saying there is no person named "Jay Turser", it's just a fictitious corporate name?
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