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16 Sep 2003, 21:32 (Ref:721234)
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How do you say Gené?
OK (sorry if anyone thinks this is a stupid question), but how do you pronounce Gené?
Is it how ITV (Martin and James) say it `Jen-hay'. or is it prounounced `Hen-hay'? I once recall it being prounounced the latter and just wondered (any Spanish speakers around??) how it should be said! |
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16 Sep 2003, 21:40 (Ref:721244)
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Jen-ay I'd say.
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16 Sep 2003, 22:19 (Ref:721266)
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I always thought it was Hen-ay but did here Patrick Head and Sam Micheal both say "Jen-hay" during the weekend. What do the Eurosport commentators say for his brother Jordi in ETCC as that feed goes to Spain, so they must have to get it right (well,maybe, it is Eurosport afterall!)
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17 Sep 2003, 00:36 (Ref:721333)
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It's one of those can't be written in English sounds. Pull your tongue into the back of your mouth, lift it up and try to make a sound like an angry snake. Sort of gggghhhhene.
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17 Sep 2003, 03:55 (Ref:721420)
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I'm 99% sure that it is something like Jen-ee
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17 Sep 2003, 05:41 (Ref:721457)
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Ignore my previous post. I was thinking in Spanish. It should be something like Jen-aye
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17 Sep 2003, 06:30 (Ref:721483)
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Wasn't Jen-ee out of Forrest Gump?
"i love you Jen-ee, life is like a box of choc-lates" 
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17 Sep 2003, 08:28 (Ref:721572)
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HEeeeeeere's JOHNNY.
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17 Sep 2003, 08:31 (Ref:721576)
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I would say Juh - Nay.
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17 Sep 2003, 09:14 (Ref:721599)
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Im pretty sure its pronouced Hen-aay.......
also , why did Martin keep call Mark Gene by his brothers name Jordi Gene !....all of a sudden , Martin is turning into Murray . |
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17 Sep 2003, 10:01 (Ref:721634)
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Murray without the talent
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17 Sep 2003, 13:15 (Ref:721820)
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Pronounce the first two syllables of word "generator".
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17 Sep 2003, 13:17 (Ref:721824)
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Apparently it's Hen Nay! Marc should have a press conference and announce it, as I'm sure he's ****ed off about it already.
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17 Sep 2003, 15:23 (Ref:721961)
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Its Hen-ay. G or J is pronounced with a H in spanish.
Does anyone remember his older brother Jordie? More recentley he has been racing trucks in the world champioship, but I remember when he did formula ford our learned/wobblyheaded friend Toff Needell Pronounced it Jordie Jeenie! Last edited by JustinDawkins; 17 Sep 2003 at 15:24. |
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17 Sep 2003, 16:05 (Ref:722014)
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In normal Spanish it would be 'Hen-hay', but Gené is a Catalonian surname then the pronunciation is 'Jen-hay'.
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17 Sep 2003, 16:16 (Ref:722025)
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Jeneeeee
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17 Sep 2003, 17:48 (Ref:722119)
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The first syllable is said like the French word for I, je, the "G" said like the "G" in Gil de Ferran. The second syllable is said like the negative response of a question that asks "Aye or Nay?"
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17 Sep 2003, 21:51 (Ref:722431)
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cant believe Jordi ended up racing trucks......he was such a good driver in his early years.
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17 Sep 2003, 22:17 (Ref:722452)
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17 Sep 2003, 23:23 (Ref:722524)
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Here, here, the Catalan resident at 10-10ths comes to your rescue!
Gené. First of all it's written with the accent, always. As Fish_flake said, it's French "je" with "g" and then "né"... It's really tough to translate it.. in a way, it's similar to saying "Hey", without yelling. It's the sound of that "e" but not so high. The normal e English uses would be the "è" for us Catalans, and "é" accented to the right (Gené's) is more "closed". A lower sound, without arriving to the sound of the e in "the". (Jordi is sweating) |
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17 Sep 2003, 23:27 (Ref:722528)
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All English commentators I've heard say "Genaay". So, they are saying it wrong.
And it's Jordi and Marc, not Jordie (god! looks horrible) and Mark. |
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18 Sep 2003, 06:02 (Ref:722675)
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okay, if we are doing a pronounciation thread, how do you pronounce Panoz?
I listened to the 24 Hour Le Mans radio this year, all all sorts came up. Pan - oz Pay - noz Pay - nose Pan - nose |
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18 Sep 2003, 08:26 (Ref:722767)
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My dad and I call Gene "Geene" like in Gene Pitney
 just for a laugh! 
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18 Sep 2003, 09:08 (Ref:722804)
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18 Sep 2003, 10:06 (Ref:722855)
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I thought it was the second one. What about Narain Karthikeyan?
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