Originally Posted by
LupinIII
it's dur-ah-che, not dur-uh ace
also, ultra ga
Just in case some out there are taking this thread seriously, here's how natives would pronounce them.
Dura-Ace is pronounced du ra ace. Note, this is different from "do ra," but the difference might be too subtle for most Americans to hear. Also, the "a" in "ace" is drawn out longer. Not as long as Fonzie's "eeeeeeh!", but not as crisp as an American would say "ace" either.
Ultegra is also pronounced close to how an American would naturally say it, except without the emphasis on the second syllable (i.e. not "ulTEgra"), and since there is no "uh" sound in Japanese, the first sound is an "ah" sound not an "uh" sound. So it's more like ahr-tay-gura.