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Diva Ree
Gabber Extraordinaire
537 Posts |
 Posted - 11/06/2004 : 06:56:58 AM
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I'm not new to knitting, but I'm new to the yarn world now that I've picked up knitting again. I was pronouncing Berroco as Ber-rock-o...but I was corrected, and know it's pronounced Ba-row-ko.
I've been prouncing Colinette as Coe-li-net, but a customer at the yarn shop was saying Cawl-i-neat.
How do you say Gedifra?
I say Boo-clay (boucle), but have heard Boo-klee, Boockle, and probably some other pronounciations that threw me off as to what the person was talking about.
Is "FFF" the name of a brand, or is there a meaning to the initials?
I say Ca-tea-a (Katia), but have heard Caddy-a.
I think me and the other women in the yarn shop are just saying whatever we want. LOL |
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Susan T-O
Permanent Resident
USA
2481 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 07:20:23 AM
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I just say "yarn" and leave it at that LOL!
Susan T-O in Long Beach CA
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MJM
Chatty Knitter
Canada
293 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 07:32:35 AM
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The owner of my LYS, whom is Welsh, pronounces all of those yarn brands/companies the way you do, as do I. I'm afraid I don't pay much attention to anyone else while at the yarn store, though. I'm in what I call my yarn daze. 
MJM
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"Life is a stocking," grandma says,
"And yours has just begun.
"But I am knitting the toe of mine,
"And my work is almost done."
*Nineteenth-century rhyme
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luv2knit944
Permanent Resident
USA
1789 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 08:19:42 AM
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Riva dee,I sometimes call yarn by a different pronounciation.Maybe because I'm french decent.Now that I think of it I do that for a lot of sayings. The owner of My LYS use to correct me with the pronounciation of yarn all the time with a smile.We'd both laugh.
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4712 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 09:03:26 AM
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My opinion is as long as everyone knows what they are talking about I would not worry. If you work in a shop ask the mfg. salesperson next time you talk to them. I do appreciate your writting it out though. I will be anxious to see what others have to say.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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SR5Rfan
Permanent Resident
USA
1232 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 09:07:34 AM
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The only one I know for sure is cashmere - and I can't afford it! :-D
Beth
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yarnlover
Permanent Resident
1729 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 10:18:55 AM
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How about Koigu? Phonetically? or otherwise?
Did I spell it correctly? If not, you will probably know which brand I'm asking about. |
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Diva Ree
Gabber Extraordinaire
537 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 10:57:43 AM
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How about Filatura Di Crosa?
Fill-at-ura Die Cross-a...
Fi-lat-ura Dee Crow-sa... |
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 4:13:54 PM
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I say them all the way they look.
Fil-a-tu-ra dee cross-a, Coll-i-net, Ged-i-fra and Kat-ya (I used to have a friend called Katia!)
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
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2004 Stats: 20 FOs, 2 WIPs, 1 frog, 1 on hold
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Knitmama
Seriously Hooked
USA
682 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 5:14:40 PM
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I can answer Filatura di Crosa-- it's Italian, and phonetically it's Fee-la-tura dee crow-sa.
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Diva Ree
Gabber Extraordinaire
537 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 5:59:40 PM
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| I'm feeling a lot more confident now. I'm pretty sure I just mumble some of the brands I ask about at the yarn shop so the employee doesn't totally know if I said it right or not. I know I've said a few things, and I swear, the girl looked at me like I just said Wa-wawa-wa-wa-wa-waaaa. |
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MatchboxMona
Chatty Knitter
Canada
111 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 6:29:53 PM
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| This is soo funny... I seem to have the same problems but the other way around. See, I am German and we do pronounce as is written (most of the time) so when I asked for Noro Koo-ray-on (hell, how to spell it phonetically?) the lady in the store gave me that blank stare "wtf is she talking about?". I don't have any problems with Gedifra and Katia, Colinette and Filatura di Crosa though... I liked it best when I heard "Muench"-yarns pronounced as "munch", like in munchkins - at that point I started giggling heplessly... |
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xmasberry
Seriously Hooked
826 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 6:55:40 PM
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Mona:
i lived in Germany for 4 years (and majored in the language as well) and i do the same thing. although, since i also studied Japanese, Kureyon is kuh-reh-yon with the kuh like the german kuh or english coo, reh like the english ray, and yon like "yo dude" with a small n at the end. at least as i understand it all syllables are of the same length.
holly x
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jennidina
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 7:08:33 PM
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thats like me and bernat. i pronounced it as ber-nay (french type) but was told by an LYS owner it was ber-nat (phonics i guess). Then when i called it ber-nat to someone they looked at me and said, "oh you mean ber-nay"
i wanted to scream 
Jenn
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MatchboxMona
Chatty Knitter
Canada
111 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 7:50:25 PM
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xmasberry: see, that's why I tried to pronounce it that way. Too bad she didn't understand me...
Jenn: why would one pronounce -at as -ay?? I studied French last year (living in Montreal it helps a lot!) and have never encountered anything like it! Stay with "BER-NAT" and forget about that "would-be-French". |
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knittin away
Seriously Hooked
880 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 08:43:50 AM
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| The yarn store employees that don't correct your pronunciation - I'd go back to them in a flash. The ones that do correct you first before showing you the yarn (with their noses in the air)- "Oh you mean, Gee-de- fwa", they can.... |
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(hristinac
Permanent Resident
United Kingdom
6054 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 09:01:33 AM
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We do not get Meunch yarn in the UK .How is it pronounced in US then ?
(hristinac
Always guilty of reading too many knitting blogs , surfing the web too much , clicking on far too many links .
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 11/07/2004 : 10:24:38 AM
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Muench - like moon + lunch = moonsch
As for Bernat, even in French it would be brrr+gnat; to get brrr+ney it would have to be spelled Bernet.
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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jennidina
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 12:19:09 PM
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cool, i learned something new
Jenn
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Renee77
Chatty Knitter
261 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 2:23:30 PM
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"FFF" the name of a brand?
I've seen this brand also listed as 'Filati FF', and it's from Italy. It's pronounced 'Fee-la-tee FF'.
Gedifra is a German company, so it would be "Guh-dee-fra", with a hard G (like in girl).
But as long as people know what you mean, it doesn't matter all that much. |
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elizh
Permanent Resident
USA
1248 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 10:33:52 AM
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OK...I have to ask. Is Aran
a) ah-RAHN
b) AIR-un
c) AH-run
d) something else I haven't thought of |
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