Correct way to pronounce MARES?

[CT Sean]

I find it's most helpful to see how the company itself pronounces it - that's all that really matters

 

[lowwall]

I find it's most helpful to see how the company itself pronounces it - that's all that really matters

That's fine if you want to learn how to say it in Australian (?). But we can do better.

 

[Litefoot]

Here’s my take on the pronunciation of Mares as an American who has lived both in Colombia and Italy for extended periods of time. The letter “r”, both in Spanish and Italian, for me at least, is best pronounced as a very soft “d” (think “paddle”). So the closest English way of writing the Italian pronunciation would be “MAH-dez”.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Here’s my take on the pronunciation of Mares as an American who has lived both in Colombia and Italy for extended periods of time. The letter “r”, both in Spanish and Italian, for me at least, is best pronounced as a very soft “d” (think “paddle”). So the closest English way of writing the Italian pronunciation would be “MAH-dez”.

Well, no, in Italy "r" is always "rolling", with the tongue bouncing several times up and down against the hard palate.
It never becomes "d"...
Here a famous "sciogli-lingua" for teaching children to pronounce a well-rolling "r":
"trentatre Trentini entrarono a Trento tutti trentatre trotterellando":

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www.angelofarina.it

 

[Litefoot]

Well, no, in Italy "r" is always "rolling", with the tongue bouncing several times up and down against the hard palate.
It never becomes "d"...
Here a famous "sciogli-lingua" for teaching children to pronounce a well-rolling "r":
"trentatre Trentini entrarono a Trento tutti trentatre trotterellando":

http://www.angelofarina.it/Public/WAV/33_Trentini.wav[/URL

My guess is that our pronunciation of a soft “d” (paddle, idle in English) are different. Certainly, one would not pronounce mares with the “r” sounding like the “d” in Dolomiti.

 

[happy-diver]

Australian (?).

 

[CT Sean]

That's fine if you want to learn how to say it in Australian (?). But we can do better.

While technically the most accurate, they both say it nearly the same. The english speaker just uses an english 'R' and the italian guy has that italian/spanish slight roll to the 'R'. English speakers rarely pronounce italian words the way native italians do and when they do, they sound a little ridiculous

 

[Wheeler925]

M-air-ez. Fight me.

 

[lowwall]

M-air-ez. Fight me.

Would you settle for arm wrestling? Grappling?

 

[DivingLane]

M-air-ez. Fight me.

Hearing that with the same accent Brad Pitt uses for Lt Aldo Raine in Inglourious Basterds