Then the two most common types of engines in use today are named after motor vehicles. GP = Jeep & MAC = Mac (as in Mack trucks)
Pronouncing the word "Geep"
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The correct (Japanese) pronunciation is KAH-toe: I too always thought that it was KAY-toe, but then I also pronounced Ah-KAH-nay as A-KAYN, and LIE-ma (as in the locomotive works) as LEE-ma. At least I can get AT-las right.
:-D:-DWayne
Lol Wayne! Forgot about the Lie-ma/Lee-ma thing.
Wonder what else is out there (damn English and word pronunciation).
Wonder what else is out there (damn English and word pronunciation).
I find geep to be convenient, although it's only good as a generic term when the conversation is about a particular model. If you refer to the geeps of a particular road, you should specify the model, though, as there were quite a few, starting with the GP7 and ending with the GP60, with more than a few numbers skipped. Of course, it also helps to distinguish that the letters Gee Pee represent a locomotive rather than a doctor, too.
:-D:-DThe subject of pronouncing acronyms as words generally bugs me, too, as most names don't need to be so long that we have to substitute a bunch of letters. There are banks and telecommunication companies out there of which people probably don't even know the full name, and the mish-mash of letters itself is not pronounceable either. The Bank of Montreal has somehow become the BMO, pronounced Bee-Moe: I thought that they'd moved their head office to Missouri.
It baffles me that companies with rock-solid sounding names choose to become cutesy acronyms: The Steel Company of Canada became STELCO, Dominion Foundries and Steel Company became DOFASCO, and Northern Telephone and Telecommunications became NORTEL.
One that really bothers me is from the steel industry, where the basic oxygen furnace became a BOF, but almost not one steelworker could pronounce it Bee-Oh-Eff: instead we got Boff or Bawf wall1 . What a bunch "off" illiterates.
:-D One that I do accept (but only 'cause they slipped it past me) is SCUBA. Okay, enough of my rant, thanks for listening.
:-D Carry on swimming naked. :killer: Wayne
I guess that's better than doctor whine (English version), doctor way-en (Eirish or Irish version), doctorrrr ween (scottish version), doctor feign (Dutch version), or doktor vain (Hungarian version).
:-D:-D:-DWayne
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The most common version that I've heard is Man-Too-Ah. Although some also have been known to pronounce it Tyke-Oh. :-D:-D
Wayne
:-D:-DWayne
And the New Haven called their Geeps, Ders...and the number designation didn't even match that of the builders....Enough to confuse someone thats already confused..
And you guys ain't helping much either..........
And you guys ain't helping much either..........
Did you ever feel like...
...you were talking to yourself and no one was listening?
It is GeeP!
Gheep? I think not. Who ever it was that was trying to educate you so you wouldn't sound the fool- is a fool.
Gee P- General Purpose. Gheeesh! G+P = Jeep
I keep tryin' to learn ya's.
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...you were talking to yourself and no one was listening?
It is GeeP!
Gheep? I think not. Who ever it was that was trying to educate you so you wouldn't sound the fool- is a fool.
Gee P- General Purpose. Gheeesh! G+P = Jeep
I keep tryin' to learn ya's.
Mark:thumb:
Mickey is right:thumb:. It is Man-Chew-Uh after Mantua, New Jersey where the original company was founded.
Loren
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Well this turned out to be a pretty fun and interesting discussion!
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So the part highlighted in red would be pronounced jeepy?
:-D:-D:-DAh! Diction and pronunciation from New Joisey!
:-D:-D:-DAround here, it's Bom-Bar-Dyay, although they probably do a better job of it in Quebec. (Kay-Beck)
Wayne
That's because you've been watching too many war movies!
"Pilot to Bom-bar-deer! Pilot to Bomb-bar-deer!"
Since we're into questionable pronunciations, and it is a railroad forum, how about a railroady pronounciation mystery? The Detroit and Mackinac?
A french-speaker would pronounce the first "Dee-trwah" (rolling the 'r'), and how the heck do you get Mac-in-awe out of the latter?