I'm french and everytime I say Roubaix, they think I'm saying Ruby. How exactly is it pronounced???
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I'm french and everytime I say Roubaix, they think I'm saying Ruby. How exactly is it pronounced???
I always thought it was pronounced "row-bay"
?????? I would think that however you say it must be correct.... It is a French word isn't it..... (as in the famous Paris-Roubaix!)
I've always heard it said "roo-bay" (as opposed to roo-bee for Ruby)
Are we talking shop guys here who are just assuming that you must want/need the "women's" bike and not the unisex one...
I say rew-bye. Equal emphasis on each syllable.
Roo-bay. Well the "y" is very weak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjhTjLG5ac at 0:19 is a very american way to say it
here better at 0:15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDpP-gWNHY
I've always thought of it as "ROO-bee-oh". I don't remember having said it out loud to anyone...ever. Maybe that's a good thing!
But then again I've always thought Orbea was pronounced "OR-be-uh", but when I bought one, I heard my lbs pronounce it "or-BAY-uh."
Oh well! You learn something new, and all that...:p
I was at a LBS and was speaking to the owner and his wife. We all bike. they asked me what I had, I said a roo-bay. So she showed me her RUBY to compare with mine. I told her no, I have a Roubaix...
Was she expecting you to have a Row (as in quarrel) Bakes?
I'm no Specialized expert, but don't they sell both the Roubaix and the Ruby (the WSD version of the Roubaix)?
I'm no French expert (notwithstanding 8 years of it in school), but I'd say Roo-bay.
Phil Liggett says "roo-bay" (e.g. Paris-Roubaix), so that's what I say ;)
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Becky
roo bay
It took me a year to get that joke/pun. Mostly because I was pronouncing Roubaix funny at first.Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
But once I got it, it helped talking to guy bike nerds who know nothing of the WSD names. Also, I have a Specialized Era: "The women's version of the Epic," I say.
-- gnat! (I just like seeing the lightbulb turn on)
Phil's French is good. It is indeed roo-bay!
Roo-bay for me.
This reminds me of a "who's on first?" type conversation I had with one of the mechanics down the street when I had my pedals installed. I have a Bianchi 1885/Veloce, and on the top tube it says "1885" and then below it it says "unoottoottocinque".
Mechanic: I wonder what it says there on the bike under eighteen eighty-five.
Me: It says eighteen eighty-five.
Mechanic: Yeah, but underneath, what does it say?
Me: It's Italian for eighteen eighty-five.
Mechanic: Yeah, but what does it mean?
Me: It means eighteen eighty-five. Uno is one, otto is eight and cinque is five.
Mechanic: Really? I thought it would be more interesting.
Yep, roo bay. :cool:
I heard one guy at a Specialized LBS call it a Roobex! LOL...
This is the pronunciation I've heard as well. I'd have probably spelled it rue-bay, but same diff.
QUOTE=Eden;367438]?????? I would think that however you say it must be correct.... It is a French word isn't it..... (as in the famous Paris-Roubaix!)
I've always heard it said "roo-bay" (as opposed to roo-bee for Ruby)
Are we talking shop guys here who are just assuming that you must want/need the "women's" bike and not the unisex one...[/QUOTE]
+1 That's too funny.
And let's not forget about the Allez (all-ay), which always seems to be pronounced all-eeze.
I would spell it Rue-Bay the way I pronounce it but if you have heard Phil Liggett that is how I say it. As in Pair-ie Rue-Bay. :p
I say Ah-lay but I used the say Allez. Ah-lay ah-lay, how often do you hear that on TV? :)
Orbea I said wrong forever, I think I used to say Or-Bay not or-BEY-uh. The shop that I used to frequent before they closed was a big Orbea shop and they all said or-BEY-uh. Funny shirt they had "Yo habla Orbea". If I had bought an Orbea I would have the shirt.
Violette, you're French, you tell us (I'm French, too, but English is my first language). Rou-bay with a gutteral R at the beginning if you can do that, some people can't.
roo-baxe
say it how a minnesotan would say roof and add on bakes (like cakes)
I say it the way the French say it as well, and I also get the: You mean Ruby? question.
And when I say "no, I mean the Roubaix" they think I am stupid and still saying Ruby the wrong way.
Sigh...
From the French side, I would pronouce it "RRRou-bè" like the "e" in "seven".Quote:
Originally Posted by tulip
And voilÃ*, here's the right answer then!Quote:
Originally Posted by violette
Roubaix = row-oo-baa-icks
feeling silly this late at night :p
I laughed so loud at
Mechanic: Really? I thought it would be more interesting.
that my husband came in to see if I was having my stroke.
+1 (meaning: the first e in "seven").Quote:
Originally Posted by violette
The X is not pronounced.