How Do You Pronounce "Carnauba"?

[Rob Tomlin]

Anybody know for sure how you pronounce "Carnauba".



I think it is safe to say that a majority of people pronounce it "Car-new-bah".



However, I recall someone in the detailing business tell me several years ago that it is prounounced "Car-now-bah".



So, which is it?



Extremely important issue, for sure!



:p

[scottlee]

with a yahoo search to dictionaries and a audio to listen to

they said car now ba :confused:

[Setec Astronomy]

I think you have to say it with an accent like Ricardo Montalban when he said "fine Corinthian leather" :rofl



Seriously...Merriam Webster Online has two pronounciations...one "car-gnaw-bah", the other "car-now-bah"...which means I`ve been pronouncing it wrong all these years ("car-new-bah") :doh I hate when that happens!

[Rob Tomlin]

Thats why I asked the question.



My guess is that most people here have probably been pronouncing it incorrectly.

[Mmmph]

Hmmm, it`s like DéjÃ` Vu all over again....



http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13430

[Rob Tomlin]

Actually, listening to the audio clip on Yahoo, it would appear that the correct pronunciation is "Car-No-ba", not Car-now-ba.

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally posted by Mmmph

Hmmm, it`s like DéjÃ` Vu all over again....



http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13430



Wow.



I did a search, too!



:confused:

[Setec Astronomy]

I`m pretty sure there were commercials when I was a kid (yes, they had TV`s then) for car waxes or furniture polishes where they said "car-new-bah". I`m sure that`s where we all got it from. Besides, maybe Merriam Webster pronounced it that way back then....these things change...when I was a kid it was Peking, not Beijing, etc. At least that`s the story I`m sticking to...

[Mmmph]

Originally posted by Rob Tomlin

Wow.



I did a search, too!



:confused:





I just searched on "prounounce carnauba".



http://www.autopia.org/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=603905&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

[Rob Tomlin]

Those are the exact same words that I used, and nothing came up!



Really!



:nixweiss



Edit: In fact, I just tried it again, and nothing came up. However, I did search "titles only", so that may be the difference.

[scottlee]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=carnauba

look for the speaker to listen :xyxthumbs

[togwt]

Carnauba (kar-nu-ba):

[percynjpn]

Originally posted by Setec Astronomy

I think you have to say it with an accent like Ricardo Montalban when he said "fine Corinthian leather" :rofl









:D :D :D

[Rob Tomlin]

Well, I`ve made the decision to pronounce it "Kar-Now-bah" from now on.



This includes when I read the word Carnauba on this forum. Old habits are hard to break!

[JasonD]

I`ve always pronounced it car-no-ba, just me though.