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
06-24-05 | 10:08 AM
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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.
06-24-05 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by phidauex
I've been hearing and saying Too-lee for over 10 years. Thool just sounds silly. 
06-24-05 | 12:16 PM
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Ta Hool. Like, I'm a Ta Hool!
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06-24-05 | 01:49 PM
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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 | 06:24 PM
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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...
06-25-05 | 12:18 PM
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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.
06-25-05 | 01:14 PM
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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
06-27-05 | 07:57 PM
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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
peace,
sam
05-12-07 | 12:38 PM
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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
Thule Greenland
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05-13-07 | 03:43 PM
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I avoid this issue by using Yakima.
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05-13-07 | 05:52 PM
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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.