Proper pronunciation

[ski diva]

Am I the only one with pronunciation problems? I don't want to appear stupid, I just want to know!

So let's get to it:

Which do you say, Bliz-zerd or Bliz-zahrd?

I'd always thought it was the latter, til I was talking with the marketing rep last spring and she actually said the former.

Other problems:

Is Dynastar pronounced with a long I sound, or a long sounding e (as in dee-nastar)?

And what about Stockli? Is it pronounced stuckli or stockli (with a long O)?

 

[toughgirl]

I say Bliz-erd, Die-nastar, and stock-li.. but we are both from jersey

 

[Severine]

My understanding is that Dynastar is :dEE-nuh-star
Though I always want to say otherwise.

I know I've been around others who have said bliz-zahrd but I don't know what's right on that one. Maybe we're just trying to be hoighty toighty. ;)

 

[Jenny]

Interesting questions -

I'd say Blizz-erd, Dee-nastar and Stock-lee (but with a short O, not a long one). And I don't know the right answer, that's just how I say them.

When I can remember the word I'm always wondering about, I'll post it here, too. But now I have to work. Rats.

 

[Gloria]

Who knows how to pronounce Gros Ventre? This is a common ski run name and it always gets me.

 

[altagirl]

I've always said:

Dee-na-star
Stoke-lee
Blizz-ahrd

 

[Jilly]

Maybe its the french influence but:

Dye-na-star
Blizz-ahrd
Don't see stockli around here much.

Also we always jokingly called Blizzard - Buzzards!

As for Gros Ventre - that would be french. Gros - large, Ventre - like venture or a doing. Say it like grosse ven-tur.

 

[cyn]

Actually, Jilly, I think Gros ventre means "big belly". This was a derogatory name given by the French to members of an Indian tribe in Montana, probably because many of them were starving.
I know - more info than anyone wanted, but I can't help it.

 

[altagirl]

Also consider that Stockli is supposed to have an umlaut over the o. So it's like Stoeckli. I think the actual pronunciation is with a german accent and somewhere in between Ski Diva's two guesses, but unless I was speaking German it would seem a bit over the top to really try to pronounce it with a proper german accent, I think?

 

[Jilly]

cyn, just like english the french have different meaning for the same thing. French slang is really different. Literally taken is one thing, slang - something totally different. I get a kick out of reading some translation material I get. It doesn't make any sense at all. At least the "gros" is big/large in both!

 

[ski now work later]

Mais oui, bien sur!

 

[volklgirl]

My understanding is:

Dee-nah-star
Blitz-arhd
Stoke-lee

 

[SkiNurse]

My understanding is:

Dee-nah-star
Blitz-arhd
Stoke-lee

^^What she said.

And "Thule" is pronounced tu lee

 

[Kiragirl]

Do you pronounce the g in Rossignol ? We've said "Rozzies" for so long I'm not sure.

 

[volklgirl]

And "Thule" is pronounced tu lee

Yup.

and
Ross-ig-nahl

 

[Gloria]

Actually, Jilly, I think Gros ventre means "big belly". This was a derogatory name given by the French to members of an Indian tribe in Montana, probably because many of them were starving.
I know - more info than anyone wanted, but I can't help it.

Lol, well maybe that's why I see that name everywhere. I pronounce it like Jilly, but when I was in Jackson, they had a very different pronunciation. I can't even remember it now, odd it was.

 

[Jilly]

Around here - Rossignal - is Ross-i-nhal. "g" is silent. Again french influence. Another one - piste - pise-t or piss-t?

Or as one of my instructors said: I'm not sure if she said piss-off or off-piste!
(SkiMave - that was Stevie G!)

 

[Severine]

Lol, well maybe that's why I see that name everywhere. I pronounce it like Jilly, but when I was in Jackson, they had a very different pronunciation. I can't even remember it now, odd it was.

Well if it's like the way I was taught to speak French, it would be something like: grOH vahntruh with a little bit of a roll on the "r" in ventre (not quite Spanish roll but not a flat "r" either). :D "S"es aren't pronounced unless they are followed by an "e." Then again, that was 3.25 years of high school French over 14 years ago, so take my memory for what it's worth....

 

[Jenny]

At the Jeanie Thoren talk tonight it was dee-na-star.

(And I still can't remember the word I always wonder about - dang!)

 

[Shellski]

For me:

Blizz-erd or Blizz-ed
Stoke-lee
Deen-a-star
Rozz-inol (silent g - I agree)
Peeste - these last three are the way I heard these pronounced in France, but you'd have to allow for the French accent. The Chamonix valley is the home of Dynastar, so I hope that is correct!