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akimel
11-16-2008, 06:30 PM
We all know it comes from a tree in Brazil and is an essential ingredient in traditional car waxes. We know, in other words, what the word carnauba means, but how is it pronounced? More interestingly, how do you pronounce it?

BigAl3
11-16-2008, 06:34 PM
how about... car- new- buh

Holden_C04
11-16-2008, 06:36 PM
The proper, un```````ized pronunciation is car-now-ba. That is, at least according to Merriam-Webster and a few other sources.



Merriam-Webster Pronunciation (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?carnau01.wav=carnauba)

jfelbab
11-16-2008, 07:06 PM
I knew Sam Johnson, past CEO of S. C. Johnson Wax, the guy who really put carnauba on the map and he pronounced it Kar-NAW-bah.



Read about him and his amazing journey here.

Newsletter Carnuba Sikorsky 38 and Samuel C. Johnson (http://www.strangebirds.com/Carnauba-Johnson.html)

stiffdogg06
11-16-2008, 07:06 PM
I say it like, Car-New-buh.

imported_Gears
11-17-2008, 05:13 AM
I say it like...WAX

Eliot Ness
11-17-2008, 09:44 AM
Bence has this link as part of his signature:



Carnauba (sp!) pronunciation: http://cougar.eb.com/sound/c/carnau01.wav

Inzane
11-17-2008, 09:45 AM
I say it like, Car-New-buh.



x2. :2thumbs:

akimel
11-21-2008, 07:59 AM
It`s interesting to compare Autopia`s poll with the same poll over at Detailing World (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=93234). The Brits overwhelmingly favor the NOO-ba pronunciation, whereas it appears that Americans tend to slightly favor the NEW-ba pronunciation.



You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto

Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let`s call the whole thing off.

dallen
11-21-2008, 11:32 AM
i use both car-NOO-ba, car-NEW-ba. they both sound right

MarcHarris
11-21-2008, 11:58 AM
new-ba guy myself.



the REAL question... is do you call it "pop" or "soda" ?? I`m from Detroit - so u know i`m a pop-man!

Inzane
11-21-2008, 12:57 PM
the REAL question... is do you call it "pop" or "soda" ?? I`m from Detroit - so u know i`m a pop-man!



Interesting. I always thought that was a US/CDN thing.



USA= Soda

Canada = Pop



Likewise for Kit-Kat, Snickers, Coffee Crisp, etc.:



USA= candy bar

Canada= chocolate bar

Inzane
11-21-2008, 12:59 PM
i use both car-NOO-ba, car-NEW-ba. they both sound right



Aren`t "noo" and "new" the exact same, phonetically?

akimel
11-21-2008, 06:16 PM
Aren`t "noo" and "new" the exact same, phonetically?



At first I thought the same, too; but I think that the difference is between NOO (as in "boohoo") and NYOO (as in "pewter"). The difference is subtle but it`s there.

Bert
11-23-2008, 08:53 PM
The proper, un```````ized pronunciation is car-now-ba. That is, at least according to Merriam-Webster and a few other sources.



Merriam-Webster Pronunciation (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?carnau01.wav=carnauba)



According to how the website pronounces it, it sounds more like car - noe - ba rather than car - now - ba. In otherwords, noe like No Way! Versus now like Right Now!



Edit: Now that I have listened to it a few more times, maybe it does sound more like now than noe. Hard to tell.