Nebakanezzar Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 How do you pronounce Ingenieur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dak244 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I have no idea.. but i would guess "In-gen-new-er" ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) Isn't it "On-gen-nure"? Edited March 12, 2007 by avitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Anne-jen-YEAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z80 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Jeff Foxworthy would probably say something like: Eye-engine-ear as in "Hey Cletus, Ingenieur you'd a new gun rack for your pickup wit dem antlers from dat deer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltatahoe Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 hmmm....why would you pronounce the "i" in ingenieur with an "a" type sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 hmmm....why would you pronounce the "i" in ingenieur with an "a" type sound? Because it's French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 ps. We've been here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratedzeus Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 this sucks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebakanezzar Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Jeff Foxworthy would probably say something like: Eye-engine-ear as in "Hey Cletus, Ingenieur you'd a new gun rack for your pickup wit dem antlers from dat deer." HAHAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebakanezzar Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 thanx guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 What about clicking and listening to the attached file ? I hope it's attached and it works Oh by the way, fench is my mother tongue Ingenieur.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovepanerai Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 IWC uses English and German words/pronunciations for its watch models - hence the word Ingenieur, it is a French word but also a German word, it is not pronounced An...but In..like in inbound - if you look thru their names they are either German or English - e.g. Fliegeruhr, Portugieser and Aquatimer, Spitfire, etc. listen here: http://dict.leo.org/le?13912838 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romp Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 IWC uses English and German words/pronunciations for its watch models - hence the word Ingenieur, it is a French word but also a German word, it is not pronounced An...but In..like in inbound - if you look thru their names they are either German or English - e.g. Fliegeruhr, Portugieser and Aquatimer, Spitfire, etc. listen here: http://dict.leo.org/le?13912838 Say the english word Engineer with a french/german accent and ull be close enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 How do you pronounce Ingenieur? C-A-S-E-Y J-O-N-E-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddhead Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 C-A-S-E-Y J-O-N-E-S "better watch your speed", jonthebhoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 C'est comme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 By the way, listen to St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 By the way, listen to St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanduke Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Looks French to me. Phonetically, that would be : " ahn-zhih- neeur " ( roll that last 'R.' ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 See this page for all kinds of watch pronounciations: http://www.chronometrie.com/watchsounds/watchsoundspage.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 ( roll that last 'R.' ) No, don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Ing-y works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 yes ingy.. works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I belive also on the german side of things it would be Eng-en-eur??? never very good at spelling things phoneticaly, but my pronunciation was good enough to buy one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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