Thanks! :yes:
Bosal reminds me of the famous mecate (mi-CAH-tee), Spanish for a type of rope, which has been … morphed … into McCarty. I can understand the phonetics, but the enthnicity of it boggles the mind.
Kimberwicke. I always say “Kimber - wicky” but I don’t think you pronounce the “e”?
“Bowed” tendon. “Boughed” like a tree, or “Bowed” like tying a bow?
Ok…
Darren Chia-Chia (as in chia pet) or Cha-Cha? Or what?
Kim See-ver-son or seh-ver-son?
Ariat = Air’ - ee - at. The name was derived from the last part of Secretariat’s name. 
Irideon = irr - id’ - ee - on
Surcingle = sir’ - single
Grulla = grew’ - ya (Two “L’s” in Spanish are pronounced like a Y)
Trakehner = Tra - kay’ - ner
Keuring = kyur’ - ing
DreamHTR, it is pronounced both ways. Croupper is more British, but think about it - the purpose is to help keep the saddle towards the horse’s CROUP. 
Fjord = Fyord
Holsteiner = Hole’ - shtine - ur but we lazy Americans often leave out the second “H”.
Darren’s last name is pronounced Cheh- chi’ - uh
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Kimberwicke. I always say “Kimber - wicky” but I don’t think you pronounce the “e”?
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KIM ber wick. Or of you’re British, KIMBLE wick.
And bowed like tying a bow, yep.
The brand Hermes is named after the Greek god but since it’s a French company, it will follow the French pronunciation. The Littré, a well respected 19th c. French dictionary, phonetically transcribes the word as (èr-mês’), which sounds like Ehr-mess. The “S” is pronounced.
Darren goes by Chah chah :yes: (regardless of how it looks like it should be pronounced)
and the French say the ‘s’…it’s just almost silent
how about ‘chambon’?
I had an argument all summer about DeGogue. I assumed the origin was French.
I say: di’ goe g (sounds like “the toe”)
They say: di’ goje
Chambon (sham.bone)
De Gouge (Day. Gow) rhymes with cow
Boucher (Beau. Shay) Don’t know if anyone here asked it, but a fellow boarder asked me last night.
Now for my question: How do you pronounce the name Thelwell (as in the cartoonist)?
I’m from England, and we always pronounced it: Thell Well
I love this. I feel like we should all be posting under alters. Doesn’t it feel very freeing to know it’s not just you?? Hi, my name is ToT and I’m an idiot. How did I go through life not even wondering if I was pronouncing Holsteiner wrong??
This thread should definitely be added to “Favorites”.
I live in Georgia and have all my life
I say:
Ariat: Air-ee-aht (the ending like yacht)
Hermés: Air-maize
Equine: Usually eh-quine, but occasionally ee-quine
Please someone help us out with the Mattes pad! I’ve been saying mat-iss, but please correct me if I’m wrong
From what little I remember from High School French, because there is no e on the end, you don’t pronounce the “N” on the end. Not sure how to write it like it sounds though, but don’t say chamboo it’s more like chamba (but it’s not a hard a")…sigh I’m not good at at phonic spelling! :lol:
I always said “hol-steen-er” growing up, because my grandparents had Holstein cows and that’s how they always said it. Man did I feel like a schmoo when I said it in company that was a little more cultured, LOL…
as for chambon- I always thought it was sham-bow, and deGogue was “di-goag” but given my track record…
(not HR, but when I was really little and learning to read, I had a horrible time- I figured out how to read really early, but if I hadn’t HEARD the word would make up my own pronunciation. So one day I asked my mom if we had any kosher pickles- since the dill pickle jar always said “kosher.” But I hadn’t ever HEARD the word aloud, so I said “kah-sher” I STILL get made fun of for that- mercilessly! And I was 4!!!)
I have always heard sham-bone from British speakers.
Assume it’s french, and therefore pronounced sham-bohn (but not really saying the n). Think of saying bonn in English, then just don’t really pronounce the n. Sort of like bon-bon for candy, if you don’t say the n. (Stopping now!!! ha ha)
OK, I have a non-horsey word - gesture… is it a hard or soft “g” sound ? I, too, am a total idiot… :rolleyes:
I thought of another one, that started some debates in college. Chaps
pronounced with a Cha or a Sha?
sometime I think the words are regional like Tomato (toe.may.toe or Ta.Ma.Toe)
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I’m in MN, and around here folks seem to mostly drop the last syllable. Ariat becomes AIR-ee-ut, with the last syllable practically inaudible except for the “T” sound. It almost sounds like “air-yit.”
We pronounce many things oddly, though. Roof = ruff. Milk = melk. :lol: It’s cold here: that’s my excuse.[/QUOTE]
my hubby teases me ALL the time for saying these things! I’m originally a minnesotan as well.
