Pronouncing Company Names

[choluby]

How do you pronounce:

i) Bolliger & Mallibard
ii) Gestlaur
iii) Vekoma

Thanks

 

[Temleh]

Bol-ee-jer and mah-bi-lard
Gerrst-l-oww-ra
Veh-koh-ma

 

[Martyn B]

"bee an em"
"Gerst-ler"

And with Vekoma, you kinda say it as you see it really. Well, I do anyway.

 

[dropthefloor93]

You spelled Gerstlauer wrong. I pronounce it "G-erst-ow-er" (as in Matt Lauer)

I pronounce B&M in multiple ways.

"Bolli-G-er and Mab-E-yard"
or "Bolli-jer" and "Mab-a-yard"

 

[Thekingin64]

Gerstelauer: Gerst-e-lau-er

B&M: Bol-i-jer and Mal-i-bar-d

Vekoma: Vee-co-ma

 

[Martyn B]

Its "veh-comer" to me.

 

[troikaX3]

ball - ee - ger and mab - ee - yard

 

[Thekingin64]

Another question: How do you say Zierer?

 

[Temleh]

Zi-air-ra

 

[troikaX3]

Technically, it would be tseer - rer.

Though I doubt that many people know German pronunciation and would probably just say it zee - rer.

 

[s15c]

I for whatever reason always thought Gerstelauer had an extra t in it somewhere, so I've always read it as guhr-slaughter. Which is definitely a screw up.

 

[Nic]

For years (until scarily recently!) I thought the B in B&M was Bollinger like the Champagne. I'm an idiot.