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Old 07-03-24 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
Yep, always Campag in the UK. Campy seems to be a mainly US term. I have never heard anyone use the full word, Campagnolo, in spoken conversation.
I wonder if it's because in America, IME, people say "cam-pan-YO-lo", whereas in the UK videos I hear it pronounced "cam-pag-NO-lo" Calling it "Campag" if you use the former pronunciation doesn't make sense, but it does with the latter.
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