How do you pronounce Britax?

[maipenrai]

I've heard it both ways and I'm wondering which is right.

Does the first syllable rhyme with "eye" or "see"?

[TerisBoys]

eye - Brigh-tax.

[thepeach80]

Yup, eye.

[joolsplus3]

eye...that's what they say when you call them on the phone :)

[crunchierthanthou]

:yeahthat:

I always read it Brit-ax, like British. It took me forever to remember to say or read it correctly after I heard it. :o

[MomToEliEm]

I always read it Brit-ax, like British. It took me forever to remember to say or read it correctly after I heard it. :o

That is how I thought it was too. I still have trouble saying it correctly with the br-eye-tex pronunciation.

[maipenrai]

That's what I thought, but then I watched the "Child safety seats" session on this webinar and the guy kept calling it Bree-tax. I got confused!

http://www.buckleupillinois.org/video.html

Thanks!

[joolsplus3]

Oh, my...:eek:

[crunchierthanthou]

Another one that gets me is Chicco. Parents look at you like you're crazy when you say it Key-co.

I usually end up saying "Chicco keyfit... it looks like Cheek-o, but it's pronounced like Italian, so it's key-co".

[unityco]

I find it funny the differences in pronunciation of the same product in Canada and the U.S...

For example, in Canada, in ads for the Kia Sportage, it is pronounced Spor-TAJ (think Taj Mahal.) This would be in line with a French pronunciation - but these are English commercials.

When I see U.S. ads, it's pronounced SPORT-age - keeping in line with English rules of pronunciation.

Just my silly little observation... I wonder if Chicco promotes their products as "Cheek-o" for North America?

[thepeach80]

I don't think so. We have an independent baby store here in town I like to play at and they say Key-ko and I'm sure they get all their training right from the manufacturer. I'm just happy they get trained and seem to get it. :) They get all the good seats in first.

[mamaofthree]

OMG, I say it wrong! I say Bree-tax, cause that's all I've ever heard. I ran into a woman calling it Br-eye-tax one time and I thought she was crazy. Guess I'm the idiot. :o

Kimberly

[steph]

Britax (like it rhymes with eye).

Chicco says their name like Key-ko in the US - at least when I called that is what they say!

[crunchierthanthou]

:yeahthat:

recorded phone system messages, voicemail, reps returning calls... all Key-co. I'm still getting used to it. :)

[jennsmile]

BrI-tax two syllables. I says I at the end of a syllable.

Jenn

[LuvBug03]

I say Breye tax
and I say cheeko lol! I know its wrong but unless I'm talking to another carseat enthusiast, I say cheeko because otherwise they look at you crazy.

[flipper68]

I've also heard tex vs. tax, but that may be more of a dialect thing. . .

Do you pronunciation Aaron and Erin differently? How about Ellen & Allen?

[MaryAnn]

What's the correct way to pronounce Perego? I know I'm probably way off when I say it.

[unityco]

I've also heard tex vs. tax, but that may be more of a dialect thing. . .

Do you pronunciation Aaron and Erin differently? How about Ellen & Allen?

Yes, but my dad can't hear or pronounce the difference between Craig and Greg (and probably the previous names either!) His first language is French.

So what does the "H" represent in Italian then? Is it an indicator of a hard "C"? (So if if Chicco were spelled Cicco, it would be pronouced See-ko?)

The "H"s in French I can't figure out. They're never pronounced, and they never modify anything... I don't know why they exist in that language at all!

[crunchierthanthou]

Perego = pear uh go

I think that's the only I ever got right before I heard it. :)

[MaryAnn]

Perego = pear uh go

I think that's the only I ever got right before I heard it. :)

Lol, I have been pronouncing it to sound like a certain spaghetti sauce. :p

[MomToEliEm]

Perego = pear uh go

I think that's the only I ever got right before I heard it. :)

I have been pronouncing it as pear eh go (middle eh like the e sound in eggo waffles). I guess I have been wrong on many of the names now (britax, Chicco, and Perego). At least I hope I am getting Cosco and Graco correct.

[unityco]

At least I hope I am getting Cosco and Graco correct.

Yeah, what about Graco? I've heard it GRAY-ko and GRAH-ko (I pronouce it GRAH-ko, myself.)

[Mama!]

:yeahthat:

I always read it Brit-ax, like British. It took me forever to remember to say or read it correctly after I heard it. :o

I still say it like British and not Bry tax. It just sounds so weird.

[CandCfam]

BrEYETax

Perego = pear uh go

I think that's the only I ever got right before I heard it. :)

I always say PerEGGo :o

[MomToEliEm]

Yeah, what about Graco? I've heard it GRAY-ko and GRAH-ko (I pronouce it GRAH-ko, myself.)

I say GRAY-ko (using the color "gray" sound).

[azgirl71]

I used to sa Bree tax until I learned in clas it was Breye tax. they say Breye tax in thier video and if you call CS.

[LuvBug03]

Ive heard people in the store call it gracko lol!

Perego, I must say it wrong? I say purr ay go lol!

[joolsplus3]

Ive heard people in the store call it gracko lol!

Perego, I must say it wrong? I say purr ay go lol!

I know, gracko cracks me up :D

Yeah, it's really pear uh go...

[Holly]

That totally throws me off! I've been calling it "Brit ax"
I've also been calling Chicco "Chee Ko"
Graco is "Gray Ko" to me
Perego to me is "Pear Egg Oh"

I guess if I become a tech I need to say it the proper way!

How do you guys say Evenflo?
To me it's "Even Flow"
Cosco is just like the costco store without the T
Recaro, whats that? I say it "Rec Car Oh"

[mamaofthree]

I guess I say Perego right then, but what about Maclaren? Is it Mac luh ren, with the stress on the Mac, or Mc lare en, with the stress on the lare?


I say Evan as in the name, rhymes with seven, then flo, for Evenflo.

Kimberly

[MomToEliEm]

I say Evan as in the name, rhymes with seven, then flo, for Evenflo.

For evenflo, I say Even-flow (as in Even/Odd numbers and flow as in water flowing downstream)

[Valentine]

I watched a Britax video on the britaxusa.com site and the voice-over guy says it with a long I. Did Evenflo start out making bottles? If so, it would make sense for the prn. to be the words Even Flow.

[Simplysomething]

I've also heard tex vs. tax, but that may be more of a dialect thing. . .

Do you pronunciation Aaron and Erin differently? How about Ellen & Allen?

To me, Aaron and Erin sound almost identical, but I can definitely hear and pronounce the differences in Allen and Ellen.


That totally throws me off! I've been calling it "Brit ax"
I've also been calling Chicco "Chee Ko"
Recaro, whats that? I say it "Rec Car Oh"

I KNOW how to pronounce Britax (because I asked, here, like everyone does. lol), but I don't pronounce it correctly. Since I don't say the word, and just read it (I never have a chance to talk about Britax with people offline), then I figure I can say it wrong--in my head.

And I learned how to pronounced Chicco a few months ago, but I still say it incorrectly. BUT--knowing how to pronounce it correctly...makes the name of the product way more clever sounding.

And I've been pronouncing Recaro... ree-CAR-oh or ruh-CAR-oh.

Again, in real life? I only get the chance to say Graco, Cosco, and Evenflo. Which I assume I'm pronouncing correctly.

[kimogilvie]

I had no idea that I pronounced Britax incorrectly! I saw the options - and thought "netiher - why are those even options". I've always said and heard Brit-tax. I can't believe I've never even heard the correct way!

As far as Erin and Aaron go - I do say them differently....but down here in the south (I'm originally from NJ)...it was an adjustment because they don't differentiate the sounds. For along time I wondered why there were all these guys with a girl name. ;-)

[popsicle]

I always thought it was pronounced like Britain too, untill I started reading here. My not quite 3 year old on the other hand, can pronounce it correctly. Shortly after we got his Marathon he asked me what the writing at the bottom of the HUGS said. I told him "Brigh-tax" now any time he hears anyone talk about car seats he tells them. "My car seat says Brigh-tax, and it has camo's on it!"

[CRS]

BRY [rhymes with "eye"] - TAX [well that one's self explanatory lol]. I know some people pronounce it BRIT [as in British] - AX [as in "axe"].

[Synchro246]

BrI-tax two syllables. I says I at the end of a syllable.

Jenn
Interesting. I still say it like the British though.


I always read it Brit-ax, like British. It took me forever to remember to say or read it correctly after I heard it. :o
I probably need to work on reading it correctly then I'll pronouce it correctly.


Recaro, whats that? I say it "Rec Car Oh"

www.recaro.com and you will know, just make sure your volume is on.
sometimes I go to this site just for the backround music:whistle:
& I never think the words recaro without hearing "welcome to recaro" in my head. How sad is that?

[mamaofthree]

Whoah, that's one dramatic intro on the Recaro website.

[crunchierthanthou]

www.recaro.com and you will know, just make sure your volume is on.
sometimes I go to this site just for the backround music:whistle:
& I never think the words recaro without hearing "welcome to recaro" in my head. How sad is that?

Huh. I've never had my speakers on when I went to their site. I've gotta say I don't buy it, though. Sure, they pronounce it Ree-caro, but the alse say "please see-lect your region". I'm going to have a hard time not saying it Ruh-caro. Next you're going to tell me it's not pronounced Sig-no. :p

I think the only reason I guessed Perego correctly is that the logo (http://www.pegperego.com/linea58/images/logo.gif) has an accent over the first e. I admit that I called them once just to hear how they said it. :o

[Mommyto2]

I never think the words recaro without hearing "welcome to recaro" in my head. How sad is that?

Me too! And here I thought I was the only one....:o

[Synchro246]

Huh. I've never had my speakers on when I went to their site. I've gotta say I don't buy it, though. Sure, they pronounce it Ree-caro, but the alse say "please see-lect your region".

:p the important part is the lilt & pitch drop in the -caro part :p

[minismom]

Wooho, great link for Recaro!! At least I get that one right!

Wait, so what's the verdict on Graco? Is it Grayco or not? in Brazil everyone says the other way, like Grahco i guess. But here I always thought it was Grayco. Like the color gray.

I used to say Breetax in my head too, but I always wondered. I asked dh and he wasn't sure either. But then I saw the video online and they said Breytax. I was happy to learn. But my Norweegian friend says Breetax. Where are they from originally anyway??

Someone asked about the italian Chicco. Yes, it's the H that makes the C have a hard sound like a K. But if it was Cicco I'm pretty sure it'd be pronounced something like Tchicco. You know, like Ciao!

[NZ Child Restraints]

Brit-ax

but at the call center here they say bri-tax

[Susan in MI]

Perego to me is "Pear Egg Oh"



That's how I say Perego too. Perrigo (Pear uh go) is a generic drug manufacturer in this area, and they don't make carseats!

[Patriot201]

So what does the "H" represent in Italian then? Is it an indicator of a hard "C"? (So if if Chicco were spelled Cicco, it would be pronouced See-ko?)



CI (in Italian) makes the "Ch" sound.

So, technically, Cicco would be pronounced "Chee- koe." :)








Britax has a long "i." :)

[CaseyRN]

Wow I pronounce everything wrong. I say Bri-tax (Bri like in British). I say Cheek-o. And I say Per-eh-go. I say Gray-co....I've never heard it any other way.

[indigoblossom]

Another one that gets me is Chicco. Parents look at you like you're crazy when you say it Key-co.

I usually end up saying "Chicco keyfit... it looks like Cheek-o, but it's pronounced like Italian, so it's key-co".

lol! yeah, i called it chicco for a long time, having grown up in a region of the SW where there are a lot of spanish speakers. then i realized the difference between some italian and spanish pronuniciations...even when the words are spelled the same or very similar (in this case, chico, in spanish means small and is spelled without two c's in the center, but pronounced "cheek-o")

and i don't know if i wil ever say "brEYEtax"..."br-eee-tax" just rolls off the tongue easier and i am always saying it that way even though i know how they answer the phone. hehe. but like another poster said, when i first became familiar with the brand, i was pronouncing it BRITax, as in BRITish.

[NHCPSTECH]

Wow I pronounce everything wrong. I say Bri-tax (Bri like in British). I say Cheek-o. And I say Per-eh-go. I say Gray-co....I've never heard it any other way.

No you don't...you are pronouncing Graco correctly!

[amyg530]

gah, i guess i have to relearn how to speak carseat, lol
i always said
Britax - Bri-tax like Bri-tish
Chicco like Chee-ko
as for perego, i just call it a Peg, lol or Purr-egg-o

i always thought Graco, Evenflo and Cosco were pretty self explainatory (sp?)
GRAY-co Even-flo Cos-co

Recaro - Ruh-car-o

Aaron - like Air
Erin - more of an Eh (sorta) also i pronounce the ron and rin differently

[tumblebug]

I always read it Brit-ax, like British. It took me forever to remember to say or read it correctly after I heard it. :o

:yeahthat: I still say Brit sometimes. :rolleyes:

[Jordynsmama]

Br-eye-tax.

I cannot say is like British. But one mom did and it sounded so weird to me!

[Jordynsmama]

Another one that gets me is Chicco. Parents look at you like you're crazy when you say it Key-co.

I usually end up saying "Chicco keyfit... it looks like Cheek-o, but it's pronounced like Italian, so it's key-co".

Ha Ha I alsways say cheek-o.

Ki-Ko does sound weird.

[MySillyKids]

okay how about scerena?

[Synchro246]

Cen-air-a

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