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Stupid question about pronounciation
Settle it for me please, because I've heard it both ways:
Is Goudey pronounced "goo-dee" or "gow-dee?" |
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I always thought it was Goo-day but I don't know why.
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It's Goodee in Canada.
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I've always said goodee... But I hear a lot of people call it Gowdee?
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I've always said Goo-die but I hear a lot of people say Gow-die.
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Oh goodness. I've poured my heart and soul (and wallet) into collecting both the 33s and 34s, and if I have been mispronouncing the set name all this time, that sucks.
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Gow-Dee
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Most of the dealers I know call them Gow dees.
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So it rhymes with Howdy Doody. Take your pick.
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How aboot Gow-Dee?
How-dee, it's Gow-dee.
I have never heard it differently, but then again I am not Canadian (it's 'aboot' time I revealed this fact). Brian |
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I've always pronounced it Gow-dee. It never occurred to me to pronounce it Goo-dee, and I don't remember ever hearing it pronounced that way.
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Put me in the Gow-dee camp. It would never in a billion years occur to me to pronounce that word "Goo-die."
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GOW -DEE
How about bo-men or bow -men ? |
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Stupid question about pronounciation
Gowdy
Bohmin Sweet CAPrel Lah-zhway '88 Done-riss Last edited by 4815162342; 04-05-2016 at 09:17 PM. |
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It was always goodee in my head until I went to a few shows. Everyone else I've heard pronounced it gowdee.
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I always pronounced it goo-dee. Then I heard a few years ago that Gow-dee is correct. I still can't bring myself to say Gow-dee, so I have given up henceforth will say and think goo-dee, even if it isn't correct!
I DID however, start pronouncing Lajoie as Lah-zhway instead of La-Joy. Once I heard it pronounced on GOTT audio version. Lah-zhway sounds much better than La-joy IMO. |
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I have a Louisiana "French/Cajun" uncle called Goudeau. The French pronunciation is Goo-doh. In French, I believe "Goudey" would be pronounced "Goo-day". For what it's worth, I call the cards "Gowdys" I also say "La-joy" instead of Loo ah shoo weh. Here in Houston, the San Jacinto Monument is pronounced "Sann juh sento" instead of the correct Spanish "Sahn Hah Seen-toh" And San Felipe road is pronounced "Sann Phillipy" if you are a native Houstonian. FWIW...Rob
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What about Bowman?
I've heard it pronounced like "Bauman" and also like "Bow (like the ribbon on a gift) -man". I've been collecting since the 1970s and I still don't know which is correct.
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I've always said Bow (like the ribbon on a gift) -man. Even if someone told me Bau-man is correct, I doubt I would change. (just like goo-dee for me)
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It's Gowdee and BOman.
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Being from Southern Louisiana I automatically want to pronounce it Goo-dee... even though I've always heard Gow-dee. I understand that Cajun/French thing.
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Thread Title Edit Suggestion
It's also pronunciation and not pronounciation to be correct.
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Someone told me that Bela, as in Bela Lugosi and Bela Bartok, was pronounced Bela. All this time I'd been pronouncing it Bela.
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I'm sure the pronunciation in American hillbilly would sound funny to my ears as well. 😁
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That's so silly, David. Everyone knows it's pronounced Bela. |
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Where I'm from, it has never been anything but Gowdee.
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I would love to see a pole on this as well as the Bowman topic o brought up .
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Glad I've been saying Sweet Caporal correctly.
I hear "Sweet" "Cap" "Ore" "All" all the time.
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Re: Gow-dee v. Goo-dee, I have never even it heard it pronounced Goo-dee |
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What about el principe de gales?
Pretty sure I know how to pronounce 'el' and 'de' but what about principe and gales? principeh? princep? yales? gayles? |
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El Prin-si-pay de Gah-laze
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+ 1
That's how I've always pronounced it.
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Gowdey
And I was born about 1 mile from their headquarters!
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A member of the family told me eight or ten years ago that it was pronounced GOW-dee.
-Al |
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I attended several key Midwest shows from 1972-1977, where many pioneers were present, and every time a Goudey was mentioned, it was pronounced, "GOW-DEE". ---Brian Powell
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Po-Tay-Toe, not Po-Tah-Toe
Toe-May-Toe, not To-Mah-Toe. Let's call the whole thing off.
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Goudey
I am in the GOW DEE camp.......don't really collect them, but that is how a dealer pronounced it early in my collecting career. No idea if it is correct...
Z Last edited by Zach Wheat; 04-07-2016 at 01:01 PM. |
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I've always heard it Gow-dee as well.
For the first time ever in a youtube video of all places I heard someone pronounce it bow (same sound as cow) man. I've always heard it bow (like a bow tie or bow and arrow) man and when he said it the other way it sounded so stupid to me and I actually remember saying to myself "OMG moron, that's not how you say it, stop saying that!" LOL as for Lajoie...I've actually always pronounced that lah-zhwah (both vowel sounds like when the doctor tells you "say ahh")
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Fear the Walken
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Since this a pronunciation thread. Can someone tell me how to pronounce Lajoie?
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Lajway
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Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo ?????
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I beg to differ. That would be
brawn-sun
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Nap's roots were French-Canadian, and here in Quebec the name is, and always was pronounced in two syllables not three... It's Laj-waa |
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I always pronounce it "EPDG."
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I have heard it as Bow (as in ribbon on a present) and as Bow (as in bending low to show respect). I have always used the first way, but recently heard it used the second way.
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