How do you pronounce Miche?
11-28-05, 10:25 PM
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How do you pronounce Miche?
I just bought a Miche rear hub, cog, and lock ring on ebay, and now I have my first wheelbuild to look forward to. I'm looking forward to the project. I'll need to pick out rims, spokes, and a front hub, and borrow a wheel truing stand. My biggest problem though is that I don't know how to pronounce Miche.
11-28-05, 10:29 PM
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I've always heard it pronounced "me-shay"... but I could be wrong.
11-28-05, 10:30 PM
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that correct pronunciation is mee-kay....not sure which syllable gets the accent, but i think its MEE-kay
11-28-05, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mattface
I just bought a Miche rear hub, cog, and lock ring on ebay, and now I have my first wheelbuild to look forward to. I'm looking forward to the project. I'll need to pick out rims, spokes, and a front hub, and borrow a wheel truing stand. My biggest problem though is that I don't know how to pronounce Miche.
MEEEShhh
I rather say "Mee Chee" or Mee Chay" sounds cooler even if it is wrong
11-28-05, 10:33 PM
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i go with MEE-kay, although i'm not sure people know what the hell i'm talking about when i pronounce it like that.
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ciocc "she-ok"
11-28-05, 10:37 PM
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I'm putting my vote in with MEE-SHAY. I can turn up that mp3 if you guys want it. I've posted it before. It'll take me a little while to find it though. Maybe tomorrow. I'm feeling lazy. Also, I'm pretty sure that Miche isn't part of the rundown.
11-28-05, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by EnLaCalle
I'm putting my vote in with MEE-SHAY. I can turn up that mp3 if you guys want it. I've posted it before. It'll take me a little while to find it though. Maybe tomorrow. I'm feeling lazy. Also, I'm pretty sure that Miche isn't part of the rundown.
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11-28-05, 10:41 PM
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I have a Ciocc with Miche hubs 
Kidding, I do have a Ciocc and Miche hubs, but they are not together because I spent too much time correcting people's pronounciation.
For the record, I have been saying "choke" for years and everyone (who knows bikes) has known what I was talking about. And I think it is "mee-kay" as the two shops that I dealt with called them that.
Kidding, I do have a Ciocc and Miche hubs, but they are not together because I spent too much time correcting people's pronounciation.For the record, I have been saying "choke" for years and everyone (who knows bikes) has known what I was talking about. And I think it is "mee-kay" as the two shops that I dealt with called them that.
11-28-05, 10:45 PM
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Mp3 is here: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=pronounce Post 19.
11-28-05, 11:24 PM
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Miche seems French to me, in which case I'd say mee-shay.
If it's Italian, I'd say Mee-kay (ch=k)
Ciocc is Italian, so I'd probably go with chee-och (I know C is usually pronounced 'ch' in Italian, not sure about double-C though)
If it's Italian, I'd say Mee-kay (ch=k)
Ciocc is Italian, so I'd probably go with chee-och (I know C is usually pronounced 'ch' in Italian, not sure about double-C though)
11-28-05, 11:51 PM
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I often say Dura Acheh with a healthy smattering of sarcasm. Nothing wrong with a little mispronunciation.
Some other appreciated misappropriations:
Cracknfail (Cannondale)
Motobecan't (Motobecane)
So...could somone inform me as to why the C in Campagnolo isn't pronounced "ch"?
Some other appreciated misappropriations:
Cracknfail (Cannondale)
Motobecan't (Motobecane)
So...could somone inform me as to why the C in Campagnolo isn't pronounced "ch"?
11-28-05, 11:56 PM
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C:
before e or i - like ch in chin
otherwise - like c in cat
before e or i - like ch in chin
otherwise - like c in cat
11-28-05, 11:58 PM
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if it's anything like the gaelic word "mishe" it's "mish-a". which means "i am", and, um...ostensibly has nothing to do with bikes.
11-29-05, 01:16 AM
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If it was French wouldn't it just be Meesh? Since the "e" has no accent. I think we can all agree meesh sounds the coolest anyway. It reminds me of keesh (sp?), which is a type of pie.
mmmm. pie.
Seriously, can someone tell me how to spell keesh?
mmmm. pie.
Seriously, can someone tell me how to spell keesh?
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quiche.
real men don't eat quiche.
i guess i'm not a real man. i think it's yummy.
real men don't eat quiche.
i guess i'm not a real man. i think it's yummy.
11-29-05, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Portlandonian
If it was French wouldn't it just be Meesh? Since the "e" has no accent. I think we can all agree meesh sounds the coolest anyway. It reminds me of keesh (sp?), which is a type of pie.
mmmm. pie.
Seriously, can someone tell me how to spell keesh?
mmmm. pie.
Seriously, can someone tell me how to spell keesh?
Yes, it would be Meesh since there is no accent.
That is if it is French.
11-29-05, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by hyperRevue
Yes, it would be Meesh since there is no accent.
That is if it is French.
That is if it is French.
But Italian ain't French except in some parts of the world.
But if filtersweep's right, and my money's on it, the shortening of Michelin would be the reason I've heard Meesh a lot more than mee kay, though the mee kay would make sense if it weren't a sort of contraction. If it is though, it would be like calling the son on the Sopranos A.J. is a mispronunciation because it's supposed to be "Anthony Junior." And makes the mee kay as fun as duh RA che.
But don't listen to me, I ride a Kogswell, which is pronounced "it sure snows a lot in Minnesota."
