Ok, "Brytax" or "Britax"?

nursekori

New member
Since I am such a noob, I have to ask...Is Britax pronounced how it sounds or is the emphasis on the "i" so that it is a "y" sound? I have been pronouncing it like "Bry-tax", but some lady at BRU said it was pronounced "Bri-tax" (like as in the word 'Britain') just curious :)
 
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joolsplus3

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Since I am such a noob, I have to ask...Is Britax pronounced how it sounds or is the emphasis on the "i" so that it is a "y" sound? I have been pronouncing it like "Bry-tax", but some lady at BRU said it was pronounced "Bri-tax" (like as in the word 'Britain') just curious :)

Hehehe, never trust anyone at BRU ;) (I've even heard Breetax...and from a tech who really didn't care to learn, Braxton).
 

SPJ&E

New member
I say Bry-tax (with the I sound being like eye)...that's what customer service says as well, so that's what I stick with!
 

southpawboston

New member
i just can't bring myself to pronounce it any other way than "bree-tax" or "brit-ax".

on a related note, ever since childhood (and my associated fascination with cars), i ignorantly assumed recaro was italian simply by the sound of it!!!! it was only recently that i learned the name is just an amalgam of reutter carosserie-Werke and that it's been a german company all along!
 

LuvBug

New member
yeah I always say it with the long I, thats how CS says it.
The one that gets me is 'chicco', its not chee-ko or sheek-o or she-ko but key-ko. go figure.
 

Lea_Ontario

Well-known member
yeah I always say it with the long I, thats how CS says it.
The one that gets me is 'chicco', its not chee-ko or sheek-o or she-ko but key-ko. go figure.


I CANNOT wrap my head around "Chicco" being "key-ko" :confused: It makes absolutely NO sense.
 

Lea_Ontario

Well-known member
And dont' forget Robeez is "Rob-eez" as in "Robert"
It is NOT "Robe-eez"


I never had a problem with that one - I can visually separate the two parts "Rob" and "eez" - and it helps that I have a brother Robbie - so hearing "Robbie's" just sounds right.
 

LuvBug

New member
I CANNOT wrap my head around "Chicco" being "key-ko" :confused: It makes absolutely NO sense.

oh I know! but that is how they say it. If you go to their website and watch the keyfit demo it says "the key-ko keyfit" lol!

I still think and say chee-ko even knowing it is suppose to be key-ko.
 

smurf

New member
Chicco is Italian. "ch" = "k"
Think radicchio (rah-dee-kio).

I personally say Britax as in Britain, because, well, it's British company, I think? (at least their corporate headquarters are in the UK).
 

Patriot201

Car-Seat.org Ambassador
If I recall correctly, in Italian Ch is prounounced "K" and Ci is pronounced "Ch." That is why ciao is pronounced "chow." Chicco follows the standard rules of Italian, if I recall correctly.

Britax = the i is followed by another vowel, which is why it is pronounced with a long i. This follows the standard rules of English grammar.

Graco= the a is followed by another vowel, which is why it is pronounced with a long a. This follows the standard rules of English grammar.

Robeez= if it follows the standard rules of English grammar, it should be pronounced with a long o, but there are always exceptions! :D


There are definitely always exceptions to the rules. Names can be funny.
 

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