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Originally Posted by Roll-Monroe-Co

Cinelli |chee nell ee|
Pinarello |peen ah rell oh|
Colnago |kol nah go|
Ciocc |(ch oh ch) | --this is one syllable, but it was hard to read "chohch"
Battaglin |bah tah yeen|
Bottecchia |bo tek (kya)|
d'Croce if this is italian, it's |d cro chay|
Guerciotti |gwere chot tee| (where "chot" rhymes with "coat")
Bianchi |(b y ah n) kee|
Campagnolo |(k ah mp) ah nyo lo|
I think these are all pretty good, except I'd add the one lots of people have trouble with is the consonant "G" in Guerciotti: combined with the "ue" it's a sound that more closely resembles some more common (to us US English users) Spanish words like Guacamole and common names like Guillermo (William). It has a stronger "W" sound with a weaker "g" in the front...
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