Pronounciation?

[Chicago206]

"ooooo-ZIT" or "use-IT"?

I cannot for the life of me call it "use-it". Im guessing thats the correct pronounciation though isnt it?

[barrysloate]

Pronounced: USE-it

Spelled: Pronunciation:)

[Chicago206]

Im such a loser.:(

[barrysloate]

Not at all. I'm a spelling fanatic; and regarding the brand, the company wanted the public to "Use it", to buy and use their tobacco.

[Jacklitsch]

Please try. When I heard your T206 back presentation the pronunciation was like fingernails on a chalkboard. :cool:

BTW it was a very nice video.

[Kawika]

El Principe de Gales: "Ha-les", ¿si, no?
Alan & Gintner? Gintner or Jintner?
Minnie Miñoso, how 'bout that?
Ki Ki Cuyler: Kee Kee or Kye Kye?
Eevers or Evers, Ha-nus or Ho-nus, LAJ-a-way or 'Nuf Ced?

Kawika (Kaveeka)

Napoléon "Nap" Lajoie [la-ZHWAH, or often la-ZHWAY, per the Canadian French pronunciation; or, as he himself usually pronounced it, LAJ-a-way[1]] (September 5, 1874 – February 7, 1959), also known as Larry Lajoie.

[barrysloate]

Do you know how many people don't even know the translation of El Principe de Gales?

[lharri3600]

Yep barry,
the prince of wales;)

[barrysloate]

Thank you Larry...you would be surprised how many T206 collectors don't even know that.

[slidekellyslide]

Ki Ki Cuyler: Kee Kee or Kye Kye?


Definitely "Kye Kye"...he was a stutterer and if he said his last name it sounded like "kye kye Cuyler."

[B O'Brien]

We used to play a game in college to see who could be the "King of Whales" for the evening.
ROugh game, had to go to the clinic once.
Bob

[sando69]

was very amused at this entry from the mile high auction catalog, 1/22/2010 (borrowed without permission)...
As most T206 collectors are aware, "El Principe de Gales" can be translated to "The King of Wales,"

[ethicsprof]

Nap's last name still blows me away.
Barry S., i don't know how many people don't even know the translation of
EPDG!! :)

best,
barry

[uffda51]

What is the correct pronunciation of Chris Van der Ahe?

(I've got the "Chris" part.)

[barrysloate]

First you need the correct spelling- it's "Von"

Then I would pronounce it VON-der-aye

[uffda51]

Subconscious typo on my part. :D I'm know a few people that were named Vander Ark, Vanderkellen, etc. I've heard some people turn the Ahe in Von der Ahe into a two-syllable word but that never seemed right to me.

[slidekellyslide]

I've always pronounced it Von der ah.

[barrysloate]

Well I was just guessing. VON-der-ah is a little harder to say.

[Anthony S.]

Never knew that about Ki Ki Cuyler. All things considered it was probably an improvement over his given name, Hazen Shirley Cuyler.

[barrysloate]

When Ward Cleaver showed June the autographed baseball he got as a child (the one that Beaver and Larry Mondello accidentally destroyed), she thought Ki Ki Cuyler sounded like a fan dancer. I thought that was funny.