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[tursiops]

It never occurred to me that it might be pronounced other than "mar-rays"
But, then, people mispronounce lots of names, like the group of divers from Quebec in Statia that referred to the company Scubaqua (scoob-aqua) as Scuba-Qua.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Here a short wav file with my voice pronouncing "mares" correctly (in Italian):

http://www.angelofarina.it/Public/Scubapro/Mares.WAV

Sorry for the bad quality due to the internal microphone of my Mac.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

referred to the company Scubaqua (scoob-aqua) as Scuba-Qua.

Scuba-what?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Here a short wav file with my voice pronouncing "mares" correctly (in Italian):

http://www.angelofarina.it/Public/Scubapro/Mares.WAV

Sorry for the bad quality due to the internal microphone of my Mac.

Thank you @Angelo Farina. I think that is a pretty definitive answer!

 

[BoltSnap]

Here a short wav file with my voice pronouncing "mares" correctly (in Italian):

http://www.angelofarina.it/Public/Scubapro/Mares.WAV

Sorry for the bad quality due to the internal microphone of my Mac.

The bet is settled and the thread is closed!!!

Thank you Angelo!!!

 

[Russjstewart]

The bet is settled and the thread is closed!!!

Thank you Angelo!!!

But who won?

 

[Mr. Dooley]

MAR-ez

 

[lowwall]

MARES. Is it like the planet, "Mars" or is it like a bunch of female horses, "Mares"?

ə-biss

 

[Scared Silly]

But who won?

Niether ...

 

[BlueTrin]

But who won?

@Angelo Farina won