Aye, Tarnship that's what I get for being a smart@@@  

Here's how you pronounce them...

Tamiya = overpriced

Hasegawa = over-boxed

Eduard = overrated

Dragon = over-Germaned

Monogram = archaic

Revell = elderly

Lindberg = under-researched

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lol at "aye eff vee club"

it is A, rhyming with Say,,,,,,,not Aye, rhyming with My

and each Japanese set of vowels has a set sound, and some English consonants are just not used attached to some Japanese vowel sets

the sets ending in "e" are pronounced as rhyming with Say

"a" is a rhyme for ahh

so, Kamikaze is pronounced Kah mee kah zay,,,,not kah mee kahh zee,,,,,,mi and ze don't have the same sound in Japanese, the language is cleaner than English

back in the old days, just before Win 95, the Pacific Front paper catalog would come in the mail, and each edition had a few pages on the pronunciation of the ship names from the IJN, including the Kanji and Katakana breakdowns

Mon-o-gram

Air-fix

Lind-berg...

Dra-gon

Aye-eff-vee club...

ISTR reading somewhere years ago when Pavla kits were common, that Pavla is pronounced Paula, as there is no Vee sound. I'm guessing Zvezda is actually pronounced Zwezda.

Stik, you may find these examples interesting

http://www.forvo.com/word/tokyo/

http://www.forvo.com/word/kyoto/#ja

I will give you this though: http://www.forvo.com/word/ohayo_gozaimasu/

... or Rodan...

I thought that the "O" in Japanese did have a long "oh" sound, as in Kyoto, Tokyo, ronin or ohayo gazamas....

Phil_H

The artist's name was spelled "Rodin" so "Roh dan" would be more correct.

 

Ah - of course.  Good pick up.  Should have checked that before posting

Hmmm... would Ertl rhyme with "turtle", or is it closer to err-till?

cml

However, i've heard people pronounce the artist's name as: Ro-dahn.  Thoughts?

The artist's name was spelled "Rodin" so "Roh dan" would be more correct.

If I recall correctly, there's no hard "A" (Ay) sound in Japanese, nor is there a hard "O" (Oh). "A" always sounds like "ah" and "o" always sounds like "oar". "e" sounds like "eh" and "u" sounds like "ooh"

So:

"Tamiya" - "Tah Me Ah"

"Hasegawa" - "Ha Seh Gah Wah"

"Gunze" - "Goon Zeh"

I think I've mentioned it before, but "Yamato" does not sound like "tomato" - it's closer to "Yah Mah Tor"

I think pronounciation problems prompted the name change from "Italerei" (ee tal er ay)  to "Italeri" (ee tal er ee) some time in the early-ish '80's.

Continuing with the Italian theme, defunct manufacturer Esci is pronounced "Esh ee" not "Esk ee ".

This topic has piqued my interest.

I've always pronounced Tamiya as: Tah-me-ya

Italeri as: ee-tah-la-ri  

I've heard some real different pronounciations of Italeri too, including the alternative put forward by Fermis, but can't understand how that came about.

Hasegawa as: Has-eh-gah-wah

Here's one - Roden - i'd pronounce it Ro-den.  

However, i've heard people pronounce the artist's name as: Ro-dahn.  Thoughts?

Zeroman is Japanese, so I figured he'd know. But it's probably a dipthong thing, where one sound slides into another. Tam-yah spoken slowly does sound like tam-ee-yah.

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Slot car track shops, with a track or two in the back, were a big thing in the late-60's around me, too.  I will always remember people talking about "hot Mabuchi rewinds" and wanting to really get into the sport. Alas, it died before I was old enough to get into it.

Texgunner

Everyone in those halcyon days pronounced it with three syllables ie. Tam-me-ya.  But you know how those Aussies are...

Yep, I used to say, Tam my ah.

fermis

Manstein's revenge

What about ICM?

Now that funny right there!

 

I say Italeri....eye-tal-er-ee....I've heard many say...eye-tal-ee-airy, but that's just weird

Whatsa matta you?  Shadda uppa you face, eetsa saya lika thees, "Eee-tal-ere-ee"!

When I was a mere lad, living in Geelong. Victoria, Australia, circa '66-'67, the commercial slot cat craze hit big time.  Tamiya was a big player in the 1/24 scale cars.  I had two tracks within 200 yards of my house.  My "home" track was Avus Raceway (yes, owned by expatriate Germans, hence the Avus name).  We had an eight lane, 250 foot track.  Track record was 11.8 seconds, held by a Texas kid from Irving.   We had the speed controller in one hand and a "brake switch" (actually a cut-out button) in the other.  We even hosted a 12 hour endurance race, with three hours running in the dark, with working lights.  Everyone in those halcyon days pronounced it with three syllables ie. Tam-me-ya.  But you know how those Aussies are...

edit to add:  The record was held by the hot combo back then; A Russkit Vac-formed body, full belly-pan chassis and a mid-sized Mabuchi can (26D) that was rewound and balanced.  The most popular body was the Porsche 906.  Much like this:

I'm not sure about the European companies, but I can help with the Japanese.  Tamiya does consist of three distinct syllables.  It's pronounced: Tah me yah.  If it were two syllables as Zeroman suggests, it would be spelled (in English) Tamya.  Aoshima has four syllables.  Ah Oh she mah.  Gunze is two syllables: Goon zee. Hope this helps.

Manstein's revenge

What about ICM?

Now that funny right there!

I say Italeri....eye-tal-er-ee....I've heard many say...eye-tal-ee-airy, but that's just weird

What about ICM?