Britax - pronunciation change

Pixelated

Moderator - CPST Instructor

• Oct 31, 2013

• #1

The Britax rep for Canada/northern US told me yesterday that Britax -- commonly pronounced BREYE-tax is reverting to its roots and will now be referred to as BRIT-ax, as in British.

That was fun as I was in the middle of teaching and explaining RF tethering on BREYE-tax oops I mean BRIT-ax seats.

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Oct 31, 2013

• #2

No!!! Do they not understand how many hours we've put into trying to get people to say it right? This is an abomination!

 

T4K

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #3

I said it the wrong, I mean right, way anyway.

 

K

Keeyamah

Active member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #4

Yay! Now I'm saying it right . I just could not wrap my head around BREYE-tax, it just didn't make sense it my head. Luckily I never really talked to a lot of people in real life, so it was all in my head.

 

gsdguenter

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #5

I've always like Brit-tax better! But it seems weird to change.

 

featherhead

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #6

Seriously?!? Just as I get used to saying it the right way, lol. DH says Brit-tix just to bug me.

 

T4K

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #7

It does seem bizarre. This isn't like April Fools: Halloween Edition, is it?

 

TechnoGranola

Forum Ambassador

• Oct 31, 2013

• #8

And I always thought it was supposed to be short i but that whatever state they were headquartered in for the USA had an accent that gave it the long i sound.

 

tl01

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #9

This is very irritating!

 

rachelandtyke

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #10

TechnoGranola said:

And I always thought it was supposed to be short i but that whatever state they were headquartered in for the USA had an accent that gave it the long i sound.

Click to expand...

Well, the state they are in now wouldn't change it from short to long, but would make the vowel sound have at least 2-3 syllables .

 

Keeanh

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #11

Well I for one am pleased. Since joining this board, I've tried to learn to say "BrEYE-tax", but it's always been Brit-ax in my head anyways.

 

tiggercat

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #12

Huh. Strange.

Sent from my iPod touch using Car-Seat.Org

 

tjham

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #13

Keeanh said:

Well I for one am pleased. Since joining this board, I've tried to learn to say "BrEYE-tax", but it's always been Brit-ax in my head anyways.

Click to expand...

Same here!

 

katymyers

Active member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #14

How is it pronounced in Europe? Have we been saying it wrong all along?

 

amyd

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #15

This is the weirdest thing I've heard all day. Are we being punked? Is someone at Britax laughing at us right now? LOL

 

Last edited: Oct 31, 2013

katymyers

Active member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #16

Ok so on the European Britax YouTube videos it is pronounced Brit-ax not Br-eye-tax. I think we may have been wrong all along.

 

SnoGurl

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #17

Keeanh said:

Well I for one am pleased. Since joining this board, I've tried to learn to say "BrEYE-tax", but it's always been Brit-ax in my head anyways.

Click to expand...

Yes! I've never been able to wrap my head around 'breye-tax'.

 

Baylor

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #18

Breye tax always reminded me of Tampax so I am glad they are going to change it..

 

D

DogznKatz

Active member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #19

Vowel followed by a consonant followed by a vowel means the first vowel has a long sound!

If they want to change the pronunciation then they better ad another T!!:akimbo:

 

H

HEVY

New member

• Oct 31, 2013

• #20

Initially I said Brit-tax, then you guys told me it was BrEYE-tax, now it's back to Brit-tax :doh:

But is it Brit-ax or Brit-tax, either way it doesn't roll on my tongue, never did, would rather BrEYE-tax.

How do you change names like that? It's like "Yeah, my name is Lisa and I know you have been calling me that forever, but now you can call me Lissa."