how do you say these detailing brands?

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steveo3002

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is klasse - class or class-sey

p21-s - is that pee twenty one .s or pee twentyones

megs NXT is that N.X.T or NEXT

any others?? i never meet two detailers that pronounce things the same
 
steveo3002 said:
is klasse - class or class-sey

p21-s - is that pee twenty one .s or pee twentyones

megs NXT is that N.X.T or NEXT

any others?? i never meet two detailers that pronounce things the same
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Correct pronunciation isn't a strong point with me, but I pronounce them;
Klasse = Class-uh
P21S = pee twenty one ess
NXT = N-X-T

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
Correct pronunciation isn't a strong point with me, but I pronounce them;
Klasse = Class-uh
P21S = pee twenty one ess
NXT = N-X-T

Charles
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I agree. That's the way I say them :cool:
 
CharlesW said:
Correct pronunciation isn't a strong point with me, but I pronounce them;
Klasse = Class-uh
P21S = pee twenty one ess
NXT = N-X-T

Charles
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I agree with Charles, on P21S and NXT. However, I pronounce Klasse as "clah-suh".
 
CharlesW said:
That's just the difference between a New YawK accent and a Mid Western accent. :)

Charles
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LOL, but I'm originally from western PA. People in New York think I sound like a Mid-Westerner.
 
awd330 said:
LOL, but I'm originally from western PA. People in New York think I sound like a Mid-Westerner.
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Do you still say Keller(color), Giant Iggle(eagle), woosh(wash), crick(creek) n'dat?
 
wannafbody said:
Do you still say Keller(color), Giant Iggle(eagle), woosh(wash), crick(creek) n'dat?
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I will sometimes stress my Pittsburgh background by pronouncing things incorrectly, but I only do it as an inside joke. Some of my favorite mispronounciations are:

Stillers ("Why are the Stillers only 2 and 5?")
dahntahn ("I'm going dahntahn to see a show.")
warsh ("It's too cold to warsh my car.")

BTW - I sure wish there were Giant Iggles around here. That's my favorite supermarket. I miss Eat 'n Park too ($6 barely buys a cup of coffee around here, let alone an all you can eat buffet).
 
Bence said:
Klasse pronunciation: http://www.leo.org/dict/aussprache/k/klasse.wav

Class-uh is most definitely wrong. It ends with an "eh". Ask about the German roots of my education... :-)
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It's probably my mid-western ear, but the audio clip sounds an awful lot like class-uh to me with the accent on class.

There is a discussion on this forum about Klasse and they didn't resolve much more than we have. :)

Silly question. How do you pronounce 'Klasse'? - E46Fanatics

Isn't the German long e, (eh), pronounced as in the english word "beige"?
Since the e in beige comes across as long a, does that mean that the true pronunciation of Klasse is actually class-a as many do pronounce it.
My thinking it was Klass-uh was because of the Porsch-uh. Maybe the Porsche is also Porsch-a.

I just give someone a sample and tell them to try this stuff. If they like it, and they will, I show them the bottle or spell the name.
The reason was simple, I wasn't comfortable with my pronunciation and I'm not sure I am just yet. :)

Charles
 
steveo, your friend has right.

Porsch-eh, Klass-eh, Zoo-veh-rain, etc.

No, it doesn't sound like beige. It is a true 'eh' as in 'I am'.

NXT is interesting. As a product, it is usually N-X-T. But in some context, it is used as Next Generation Tech Wax.
 
The Klasse thing continues to confuse me.
Klass eeeee would seem to indicate the e would be pronounced as a long e in English.
One of the German language sites I googled gave me the "eh" prounciation as being like "beige" in English. I didn't save the url of that site.

Another German language site says that when the e is at the end of a word it becomes "uh".
I did save the url of that site.

German Alphabet and Letters

Scroll down the section on the letter e and you will see what I am referring to.

Interesting exchange of information even if it does confuse me. :)

Charles
 
To add to the confusion.
Another quote from another German-English site.

"The German long e is pronounced like the a in "made" but longer and without gliding. The German short e is pronounced like the e in "men" or in "get". Sometimes the e is doubled to show it is long. Many German words end with a final e or er. This final e (and e in a final er) is barely voiced. It is pronounced like the final a of the English word "idea"."

I think this statement will work for me, "Many German words end with a final e or er. This final e (and e in a final er) is barely voiced."
I can just mumble when I get to that point and hope noone even notices. :)

Charles
 
The "get" and the "men" are good examples how the final E should sound. Everyday (quick) language and some dialects allow the "barely voiced" versions though.
Final thought: the literary German language uses the "get" version at the end of the words.
 
awd330 said:
I will sometimes stress my Pittsburgh background by pronouncing things incorrectly, but I only do it as an inside joke. Some of my favorite mispronounciations are:

Stillers ("Why are the Stillers only 2 and 5?")
dahntahn ("I'm going dahntahn to see a show.")
warsh ("It's too cold to warsh my car.")

BTW - I sure wish there were Giant Iggles around here. That's my favorite supermarket. I miss Eat 'n Park too ($6 barely buys a cup of coffee around here, let alone an all you can eat buffet).
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YA stuff is affordable here- if you have a job
 
wannafbody said:
YA stuff is affordable here- if you have a job
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Yes, that's why I don't live there anymore. I couldn't find a decent job there after graduating from college. Most of the people I knew had to move away to find work. :(
 
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