How do you pronounce Mavic?
04-18-16 | 11:22 PM
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How do you pronounce Mavic?
The only reason I ask is a coworker just had a son. She and her husband both race, and named their first son Mavic. They pronounce it like Maverick, without the er.
I'm saying Ma-VEEK.
I'm saying Ma-VEEK.
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04-18-16 | 11:30 PM
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04-18-16 | 11:33 PM
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Je dis 'mahVEEK' parce que Mavic est un société Français - and also just for fun because it never fails to get a response out of customers/coworkers. Never mind that they're technically part of a Finnish conglomerate now, it's still a French company. 
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04-19-16 | 12:30 PM
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I have friend who also have a son named Mavic.
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04-19-16 | 12:44 PM
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That boy's got a life of explaining ahead of him...until he eventually adopts his middle name, or simply decides to say, "Just call me Mav."
I think you're saying it right (as Mah-veek), but I still pronounce it like your co-worker. It's been my habit since before I knew better.
I think you're saying it right (as Mah-veek), but I still pronounce it like your co-worker. It's been my habit since before I knew better.
04-19-16 | 01:24 PM
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Doesn't it depend on the language you're speaking? Or does a person - or his parents, if the person doesn't speak - control how the name is pronounced?
My bet is that the company should be pronounced 'ma-veek' and the kid, 'Mavik'.
My bet is that the company should be pronounced 'ma-veek' and the kid, 'Mavik'.
04-19-16 | 01:52 PM
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We Americans just have to really quit our addiction with long vowels.....
"May-vik"???.....really??
"May-vik"???.....really??
04-19-16 | 02:19 PM
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04-19-16 | 02:23 PM
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04-19-16 | 02:40 PM
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Considering that it is an acronym, it should probably be spelled out, as opposed to pronounced as a word. Since it isn't a proper word, there isn't any correct pronunciation, but if you take the phonetics from the non-abbreviated form, it would come out mah-veek. That is how I pronounce it.
04-19-16 | 03:27 PM
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The first shop that I worked at in the early 70's was a large Gitane dealer and kept upwards of 50 bikes on the showroom floor.
The manager had a masters in French. He was a nice guy but always corrected our French pronunciations...
"It's ZGEE-TAW not GET-TAN, GET-TAIN, GET-TAWNEE...."
He taught us to say MAW-VEEK. (and MAW-FAC)
France should change to phonetic spelling!
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Chas. Is it wrong... or just French!
The manager had a masters in French. He was a nice guy but always corrected our French pronunciations...
"It's ZGEE-TAW not GET-TAN, GET-TAIN, GET-TAWNEE...."
He taught us to say MAW-VEEK. (and MAW-FAC)
France should change to phonetic spelling!
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Chas. Is it wrong... or just French!
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04-19-16 | 04:37 PM
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I've always said mah vick, until an older Italian guy got fairly upset about it, and informed me it was mah vee, with no c pronounced at all. I kinda thought he might be right, since I never cared much one way or the other, but then I wondered why an Italian guy would know for sure. He's not French, dammit.
