I keep hearing people pronounce this stuff differently. Whats the right way to say it!?

Ducati: Doo-kaht-y (or is it Duh-kaht-y)?

Termignoni: Tur-min-yon-y?

Dianese: Dy-neez (I have also heard Dy-nay-say)?

best I can do is:

doo-KHA-dee
Termi-NYONI
di-ahn-ezee

Almost certainly horrific americanisms of foreign words...

 

Du-fukin-cati

Termi

Die-in-these

 

best I can do is:

doo-KHA-dee
Termi-NYONI
di-ahn-ezee

Almost certainly horrific americanisms of foreign words...

I don't really know much about phonetics, but I'll try to do my best:

Ducati - Dookatee (strong "T" and the final "I" like in "I"ncredible)
Termignoni - The sound "gn" doesn't exist in English, so I don't even know how to start explaining it...
Dainese - Dinese ("ai" like the alphabet letter "I" and the two "e"s like in "ever" or "Erica")

I look like an idiot but that is the way Italians pronounce them (and I am one of them...)

 

I hope this is the definitive post on this thread. I'm an italian Ducati owner and I live in Italy ;D near Borgo Panigale, our holy land.

Simone.

P.S.: change file extensions to .wav


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Thanks for the wav files. I don't think most Americans can get the "R" sound right for Termignoni.

 

I hope this is the definitive post on this thread. I'm an italian Ducati owner

 

Excellent!

Now when I get email, my computer says, "Doo-cott-e".

 

Thanks, those were cool.

 

In the South it's pronounced "Harley". All the letters are silent.

Doc

 

Typical mistake: not "Pronto", but "Subito"

 

In the South it's pronounced "Harley".

 

I'm the Speech Pathologist here. I can't phonetically transcribe the words though because the site won't let me insert phonetic symbols.

This is how I heard all of them pronunced in Italy by my friend and at the Ducati Factory.

Do-Kah-tee
Turmin-yo-nee
Day-nae-zee

This is how it's said with an Italian accent. Why is anyone really worried about it though? Do you pronounce Burrito like it would be in Spanish? Americans say it with one accent and Italians say it with another. :-\

 

Obviously, Simone is correct.
/doo KAH tee/ The "T" is actually very soft, pronounced without an h (breath) after it. Sort of b/w the English T and D.
/tear meen YO nee/ Roll that R!
He left out
/die NAY zay/

 

Hey - I can't get the wav files to work for me? Help?

 

Hey - I can't get the wav files to work for me?

 

I hope this is the definitive post on this thread. I'm an italian Ducati owner

 

How about marzocchi ?

is it mar-zot-che, mar-zock-ee (my two guesses, both probably wrong)

I have never figured this out.

 

And here is "Marzocchi". Please, don't say you're gonna use it as Windows startup sound ;D

Simone.


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here, I've always known it as jew-cat-i..
I'm happy with that, just put it down to aussie accent.

 

Ciao Simone,

We need the one that everyone mis-pronounces, at least around here.. yes, it's Marchesini..haha.

 

Thank you very much Simone.

I promise not to use them as any window sound whatsoever

Very helpfull