How is "Jamis" pronounced?
10-06-05, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by elcyciB
Jay-miss?
10-06-05, 04:51 PM
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rhymes with chamois.
10-07-05, 12:07 AM
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www.bontrager.com
Q. How do you pronounce Bontrager?
A. We get that a lot!
Bon -- Bon-fire
-tra -- Tra-gic
-ger -- Grrr
As for Jamis, they have never added that to their faq, in fact someone has been so lazy they never added the faq for a few years now, even though older versions of their site had one, but this isn't in there. I'm gonna go with Jay miss as the sound of the last name Jamison. Why don't we ask them.
Q. How do you pronounce Bontrager?
A. We get that a lot!
Bon -- Bon-fire
-tra -- Tra-gic
-ger -- Grrr
As for Jamis, they have never added that to their faq, in fact someone has been so lazy they never added the faq for a few years now, even though older versions of their site had one, but this isn't in there. I'm gonna go with Jay miss as the sound of the last name Jamison. Why don't we ask them.
10-07-05, 07:04 AM
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I just threw the 'chamois' comment in there to confuse everyone... I pronounce Jamis like it is French so it sounds like Chamois.
10-07-05, 02:21 PM
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Wouldn't Jamis in french be "jah-mee," while chamois would be "cham-wah?" Je ne parlez pas france.
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10-07-05, 02:33 PM
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regardless of your terrible french, you're right with yah-mee and sham-wah 
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10-07-05, 03:13 PM
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Maybe we just need a whole "How do you pronounce ..." sticky thread. For instance, in my mind I always thought it was "s-ram" (have no idea why I ever thought that), then the mechanic at my LBS says "shram" (and I have no idea if he's right).
10-07-05, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dstrong
Maybe we just need a whole "How do you pronounce ..." sticky thread. For instance, in my mind I always thought it was "s-ram" (have no idea why I ever thought that), then the mechanic at my LBS says "shram" (and I have no idea if he's right).
"Q.What does SRAM mean?
A.SRAM is the conglomeration of our founder's names, Scott, Ray and sAM. The initials provided a simple way to come up with a corporate name that could be trademarked and directly translated into languages other than English. It is not pronounced S-RAM, SchRAM, or SkRAM. Just SRAM."
https://www.sram.com/en/service/sram/...5d38e6d163e820
10-07-05, 04:49 PM
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you mean its shamwah and not shamee?, who the heck has shamwah in their shorts? I thought a shamwah was a French type of deer.
10-07-05, 05:10 PM
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halfspeed...thanks for the info. SRAM is it!
I should have known not to trust the pronounciatation advice of a wrench in TX! I'm not a native Texan..California born and bred with no accent, dude. We (since I've been here 12 years now) certainly butcher our share of words (mostly of spanish origin, but we're not picky). For example...
Bexar (a county name) = Bear
Boerne (a town) = Burney
Guadalupe = Gwadaloop
Pedernales = Purd-n-alice
I should have known not to trust the pronounciatation advice of a wrench in TX! I'm not a native Texan..California born and bred with no accent, dude. We (since I've been here 12 years now) certainly butcher our share of words (mostly of spanish origin, but we're not picky). For example...
Bexar (a county name) = Bear
Boerne (a town) = Burney
Guadalupe = Gwadaloop
Pedernales = Purd-n-alice
10-07-05, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bekologist
you mean its shamwah and not shamee?, who the heck has shamwah in their shorts? I thought a shamwah was a French type of deer.
"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Chamois Cham"ois (sha^m"my^ or sh.a*moi"; 277), n. F.
chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.
1. (Zool.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus),
living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the
Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and
is a favorite object of chase.
1913 Webster
2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and
chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
1913 Webster
10-07-05, 08:58 PM
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10-08-05, 12:10 PM
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Giro?
Is it Hee-row like the food or Gyro like the thingy?
Is it Hee-row like the food or Gyro like the thingy?
10-08-05, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by el twe
Giro?
Is it Hee-row like the food or Gyro like the thingy?
Is it Hee-row like the food or Gyro like the thingy?
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10-08-05, 03:06 PM
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Actually, I think that's pronounced humuhumunukunukuapua'a -wasn't that a bike in the Kona lineup one season?
10-08-05, 04:18 PM
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What about du-rah-chee, tee-may, and gee-aunt?
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Originally Posted by Savas
How do you know that it's not pronounced "Jahmis?" Like Pajamas.
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Giro is pronounced "jeer-o"
I too used to say S-RAM. My LBS guy calls it just "SRAM", I've started pronoucing it that way too.
It took me a while to realize that Lycra is not spelled Lyrica. Doh!
I too used to say S-RAM. My LBS guy calls it just "SRAM", I've started pronoucing it that way too.
It took me a while to realize that Lycra is not spelled Lyrica. Doh!
