Proper way of pronouncing "SPRAGUE"????

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:23 pm

Bainzy wrote:"sprahg"?

that's how i've always said it.

npminard · Post by **npminard** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:23 pm

Bainzy wrote:"sprahg"?

that's how i've always said it.

isn't there "sprig" too?

Billy Batz · Post by **Billy Batz** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:27 pm

So what is the right way to say it?

Necrovore · Post by **Necrovore** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:14 pm

Online pronouciations seem to favor sprayg, but geographical areas that say sprahg I don't think would be wrong either. Potayto/potahto. Chassee/chasSIS, say whatever you feel is comfortable to you. Hell the guy I buy parts from locally is redneck to the core and he says spraig with an eye sound.

texwest · Post by **texwest** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:18 pm

I think Necrovore is right but with one little change in the "s " sound. It looks like a German or Eastern European word to me. So the "a" would be pronounced as an "ah" sound. So it would probably rhyme with the city Prague. Also the "s" would have a "sh" sound. So that would sound like shit. So it would probably be pronounced like an sh sound before Prague or in more redneck terms it sounds like a shitty frog. So shprahg in germany. But in english speaking countries Sprayg.

Necrovore · Post by **Necrovore** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:32 pm

Hey Texwest I kind of like your analogy. The Shprauge I think sounds pretty cool. Question though. where do you get Shitty Frog from?

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:16 pm

shitty frog. So shprahg in germany

so not not the sh in shitty but the fff in frog shitty frog = shhffrague alal german speak

SHPHRAGUE.. shit.. i dont know?!?

;)

or just say SPRAGUE with a german accent

texwest · Post by **texwest** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:49 am

I was being silly! I used the word frog because Billy Batz used that rhyme earlier in the thread. Rockstah , sorry if I confused you with it, you actually do pronounce the "p". The city named Prague rhymes with the word frog. So to pronounce sprague correctly, you would add an "sh" sound in front of Prague.

Eoin · Post by **Eoin** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:43 am

texwest wrote: The city named Prague rhymes with the word frog.

Funny you should say that. It only rhymes with frog (prawg) if you say it in an American accent... or some American accents anyway. We generally seem to pronounce it "prahg" in european English.

So what is the right way to say it?

With an Oxford accent, like all English.

BrianH · Post by **BrianH** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:08 am

I'm a buyer of electronic components by day and still deal with modern Vishay Sprague parts on occasion. 99% sure it's "sprayg."

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:44 pm

Necrovore wrote: Question though. where do you get Shitty Frog from?

Hope it's not me