Thule: How to pronounce?
06-24-05, 09:58 AM
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Thule: How to pronounce?
Thule--since I have 2 of these racks I should learn the correct pronunciation of the company name. I pronounce it Too-lah, like Porche is Por-sha, but I hear others say Too-lee. Does anyone know which is correct? I know this is trivial, but this has been bugging me... Thanks
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It's Thoo-el (soft e)... the son of Thor.
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Until Wednesday of this week, I'd never heard it pronounced at all. So I went into my local sporting goods store and asked for the THOOL truck bed bike stand. Boy, was my face red.
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I've been hearing and saying Too-lee for over 10 years. Thool just sounds silly. 
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Originally Posted by phidauex
I've been hearing and saying Too-lee for over 10 years. Thool just sounds silly.
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Thule - latin name for an island 6 days sailing north of Britain. Its over 45 years since I did latin at school, but I think the pronunciation should be tool-ay.
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been saying tool-ee for over tweenty
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Ta Hool. Like, I'm a Ta Hool!
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Originally Posted by MickE
Thule--since I have 2 of these racks I should learn the correct pronunciation of the company name. I pronounce it Too-lah, like Porche is Por-sha, but I hear others say Too-lee. Does anyone know which is correct? I know this is trivial, but this has been bugging me... Thanks
Q: How do you pronounce "Thule?"
Even without a Swedish tutor, most of us say "TOO-lee." It's definitely not "Thool" (rhymes with "drool").
06-24-05, 05:56 PM
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TOO-luh
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Linguistically, it seems to have a Germanic/Saxon origin, so it would probably be pronounced TOO-luh (as CdCf says). The "e" is a schwa, so it's pronounced very softly (like the "a" in sofa). TOO-lee is a regionalization and probably how most people pronounce it, but that "Th" is definitely pronounced just plain old "T".
/dork mode. Sorry about that...
/dork mode. Sorry about that...
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I just call them jim-bob.
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Originally Posted by rule
Ex-pen-sive.
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Thu·le1 (too-lee)
The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers. Posited as an island north of Britain, it has been variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers. Posited as an island north of Britain, it has been variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
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Originally Posted by CrimsonEclipse
I used to pronounce it ThEEool. A LBS guy with an attitude smapped at me.
"It's TOOL-ee"
I told him if they wanted it pronounce that way, they should have spelled it
T-O-O-L-I-E
I.E. you're a tool.
he didn't get it.
CE
"It's TOOL-ee"
I told him if they wanted it pronounce that way, they should have spelled it
T-O-O-L-I-E
I.E. you're a tool.
he didn't get it.
CE
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Originally Posted by phidauex
I've been hearing and saying Too-lee for over 10 years. Thool just sounds silly.
peace,
sam
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Originally Posted by drelove2k2
Thu·le1 (too-lee)
The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers. Posited as an island north of Britain, it has been variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
The most northerly region of the habitable world to ancient Greek geographers. Posited as an island north of Britain, it has been variously identified with Iceland, Norway, and the Shetland Islands.
05-12-07, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GreyGoat
been saying tool-ee for over tweenty
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I avoid this issue by using Yakima.
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Iguess it depends on who you ask,the representatives at the sales office in NY.pronounce it thoolee . It can be said as tooly as well,in more than one language it meens land way up north.
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According to my Swedish neighbors, it's TOO-leh. Most Teutonic languages are the same when there is an 'e' on the end, as in Porsche: POR-sheh. There is no hint of an 'ay' sound at all, although, to American ears, it may resemble an 'uh' sound, sort of. That, according to my Austrian cousins.
