Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
They speak Spanish in Spain? Oh, thanks for that tip.
Good lord. I wasn't trying to argue or be combatoce, I just commented on something curious to me.
I would think it would be pronounced the same regardless of country. That is fairly common- to pronounce words in the way they are said in the native language.
At the same time, I could list a bunch of words and names/places where the English pronunciation is different from the native languagr/country.
Again, just a surprise on my part.
Right, I get it now. Anyway, Shimano doesn't have radio or TV ads. I just looked, and I see they do have a youtube channel, but does anyone watch it? I imagine that people don't normally hear how Shimano pronounces its product names. Years ago, I learned that Sugino is pronounced with a hard g, and for years, most people used a soft g. Similar story for other Japanese bike products. We don't communicate much in audio between Japan and the west, so we make up our pronunciations, and they transmit by folklore. That's why it doesn't surprise me that Spanish speakers saw the name and pronounced it in the obvious way for them.
Oh, I found Shimano Latinamerica. Their ad for Cues is in English!
I didn't find you to be combative, and if I sound that way, I apologize.