Can you pronounce Panerai?

[sssurfer]

And on topic the dialects in Italy are very strong. Panerai will sound a lot different spoken by an Italian from Firenze or from Milan or Rome.

Nope.

Italian dialects do not differ so much in the pronounce of names.

And Firenze and Roma speechs are not dialects but just inflections.

And I am completely dialect-free -- or at last I was, when I recorded those words.
Evidence: ask your Italian contacts if they can guess which Italian city (or region) I am from.

 

[monkeigh]

she could not hear any accent (maybe accent is the better word instead of dialect), a perfect Italian

But she also said it was not an Firenze accent, and that is what I meant. We should try to find the Firenze accent as that is where the company comes from.
(although she doesn't agree, she thinks it should be spoken in a more official Italian, like you did)

 

[sssurfer]

But she also said it was not an Firenze accent, and that is what I meant. We should try to find the Firenze accent as that is where the company comes from.

Firenze accent differs from 'official' Italian almost only in the pronounce of 'T' and 'hard C' (like in 'can'). Both they become much smoother in Firenze accent: 'T' becomes 'TH', and 'C' becomes 'H'.
In all the words 'Panerai', 'Radiomir', 'Luminor', 'Officine', 'Marina militare', there is only one 'T' in 'militare'. So, the only difference that you would hear if those words were pronounced in Firenze accent would be sort of 'milithare', rather than the way i pronounced it.

Believe me.

 

[Hambone]

Pan-aire-eye........Thats they correct way to pronounce it according to many a European and AD store consultant.

 

[Zippie]

But she also said it was not an Firenze accent, and that is what I meant. We should try to find the Firenze accent as that is where the company comes from.

Firenze accent differs from 'official' Italian almost only in the pronounce of 'T' and 'hard C' (like in 'can'). Both they become much smoother in Firenze accent: 'T' becomes 'TH', and 'C' becomes 'H'.
In all the words 'Panerai', 'Radiomir', 'Luminor', 'Officine', 'Marina militare', there is only one 'T' in 'militare'. So, the only difference that you would hear if those words were pronounced in Firenze accent would be sort of 'milithare', rather than the way i pronounced it.

Believe me.

I believe you. I am not a native Italian but I come there very often to visit my relatives. I always notice the H for C when I am in Tuscany. Sort of: La mia hasa e la tua hasa. Very strange. What I also heard was that people from Firenze spoke the most accent free Italian. I don't now if you agree with that one.

 

[tech]

sheeeeit....take a trip to sicilia...


biscotti - beezs kottee becomes beesh gotti

 

[isji89]

I also want to know the correct pronounation thank you!!

 

[Matt Watch]

Good stuff - I now have my three year old sounding out each brand in my collection.

 

[Omega-Man]

Too funny

 

[WatchDog]

Tomato Tomato...

Oops, I guess that doesn't really work when you type it :lol:

I say it's pronounced however you pronounce it. If your American, say it like an American.

Reminds me of all the Porsche pronunciation arguments I've had.

 

[ewing]

exactly!
8)

 

[Rock Flint]

How To Pronounce Those Fancy Watch Names

http://www.chronometrie.com/watchsounds ... dspage.htm

In order to listen to the file, I had to right-click on the link and save the file to my hard drive before I could listen to it. It sounds like:

Off-i-tchi-nay Pan-na-ray.

:idea:

 

[jallaballa]

To me it sounded more like Panerai The way you would pronounce it in Norwegian is actually not that far from the Italian...

 

[sssurfer]

Been able to post my mp3 here at last, here is the link:

http://forum.replica-watch.info/phpBB3/vi ... =7&t=35215

 

[Hambone]

How do you pronounce Panerai?

"Poosie-Mag-Net" 8)

 

[iSkinnyConHeo!]

Ha, ha ha. Love this thread. Made me laugh.

 

[joeyc]

Rai is the italian channel in Nyc

 

[johnstonmurray]

I love the language lessons!

 

[iwcforme]

Try here: http://www.chronometrie.com/watchsounds ... dspage.htm

 

[guanaco]

I can pronounce it, ahem, Panerai [sexy-Cheap-o-watches-sold-at-astronomical-prices]... there!