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How to pronounce Shimano Tiagra?

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Old 12-20-11 | 07:08 PM
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How to pronounce Shimano Tiagra?
Just curious, how do you pronounce 'Tiagra' in Shimano Tiagra? Going to test ride some bicycles the day after tomorrow at my LBS and don't want to look like a fool.

Is it like Tiger-ah?
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:11 PM
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:15 PM
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Just say Shimano Tiger maybe they will think it's funny
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:15 PM
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Rhymes with 'Viagra'?
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:16 PM
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:17 PM
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Rhymes with 'Viagra'?

It does!
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by fishymamba

It does!
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be "tee a gra" not "tie a gra"
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Shimano Tiagra.
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:26 PM
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Shimano Tiagra.
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:31 PM
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Shimano Tiagra.
hahahaha OHHHHHH THATS how you say it, THANKS!
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Lawcheehung
Just curious, how do you pronounce 'Tiagra' in Shimano Tiagra? Going to test ride some bicycles the day after tomorrow at my LBS and don't want to look like a fool.

Is it like Tiger-ah?
chances are pretty good the lbs won't be sure either...I personally pronounce it like the ED drug.
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:46 PM
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The first response was correct....... Tee - Ah- Gra
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Old 12-20-11 | 07:53 PM
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It's a combination of two languages, Spanish and Japanese. Like Spanglish but Spanpanese.

It's the Spanpanese word for tiger.

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Old 12-20-11 | 07:55 PM
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Old 12-20-11 | 08:00 PM
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Be sure to roll the r when you say it...."teee ahhhh grrrrrrrrrrra"
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Old 12-20-11 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Propofol
Rhymes with Ultegra
This is it
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Don't worry about how to say "Tiagra", just say "105"
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Old 12-20-11 | 09:16 PM
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Tiagra - pronounced "crap"
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Rhymes with 'Viagra'?
This is correct.
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