How do you pronouce "Roubaix"

[sundial]

Yep, roo bay.

[kelownagirl]

I heard one guy at a Specialized LBS call it a Roobex! LOL...

[ilima]

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]

[ilima]

+1 That's too funny.

[Chile Pepper]

And let's not forget about the Allez (all-ay), which always seems to be pronounced all-eeze.

[Aggie_Ama]

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.

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.

[tulip]

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.

[madscot13]

roo-baxe
say it how a minnesotan would say roof and add on bakes (like cakes)

[Fujichants]

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...

[violette]

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.

From the French side, I would pronouce it "RRRou-bè" like the "e" in "seven".

[Trigress]

From the French side, I would pronouce it "RRRou-bè" like the "e" in "seven".

And voilÃ*, here's the right answer then!

[Lifesgreat]

Roubaix = row-oo-baa-icks

feeling silly this late at night

[malkin]

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.

[Grog]

From the French side, I would pronouce it "RRRou-bè" like the "e" in "seven".

+1 (meaning: the first e in "seven").

The X is not pronounced.