How do you pronounce Efke?

Efke pronunciation

  • EF-keh

    Votes: 23 50.0%

  • EF-kee

    Votes: 20 43.5%

  • Other?

    Votes: 3 6.5%
  • Total voters
    46

flavio81

Member
Joined
Oct 24, 2014
Messages
5,063
Location
Lima, Peru
Format
Medium Format
You pronounce it the modern way: "ADOX" ( "ah dox")
 

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
Both "e" short and pronounced the same.


For an English speaker that should be unusual.

And as indicated I would not even emphazise the first "e" (contrary to our croatian fellow), though that is rather standard for a German speaker. But if I try it still sounds the same. Must be me...
 
Last edited:

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
Not quite. You are right on the "eye": sounds the same.

But the hyphon might indicate a pause, which is not.
(Well, in the Efke case I put a hyphon myself, but only to keep in line with the OP, no pause either.)
 

wyofilm

Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2017
Messages
1,158
Location
Wyoming
Format
Multi Format
And what about the first syllable? For Americans, it would be natural to pronounce it like the word 'roll', as in 'roll the dice'. But I suspect it might more like 'rahl'. Yes/no?
 

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
Meant "lye", as the chemical. But you may also think of "eye" as the organ. To my undrstanding both are pronounced the same at the end.
 

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
wyofilm said:
And what about the first syllable? For Americans, it would be natural to pronounce it like the word 'roll', as in 'roll the dice'. But I suspect it might more like 'rahl'. Yes/no?
Click to expand...

Did not think of this.
You are right, the english "roll" got a broader "o" then german "Roll".

Can't think of an englisch term to get it right though...
 

MattKing

Moderator
Moderator
Joined
Apr 24, 2005
Messages
52,244
Location
Delta, BC Canada
Format
Medium Format
AgX said:
Did not think of this.
You are right, the english "roll" got a broader "o" then german "Roll".

Can't think of an englisch term to get it right though...
Click to expand...
Rhymes with "pawl".
 

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
I don't know. In any case the "o" in Rollei is a short one.
 

Kino

Subscriber
Joined
Jan 20, 2006
Messages
7,662
Location
Orange, Virginia
Format
Multi Format
Don't even get me started with "Arriflex" or "Arri".

Are-ee-flex, Air-a-flex, Air-eh-flex.

Are-ee, Air-e, aRee.

Bonkers...
 

wyofilm

Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2017
Messages
1,158
Location
Wyoming
Format
Multi Format
Thanks Matt and AgX on helping with the pronunciation of Rollei. I was certainly butchering it before!
 

miha

Member
Joined
Feb 15, 2007
Messages
2,926
Location
Slovenia
Format
Multi Format
Google translate is getting better and better in the pronunciation.
 

MattKing

Moderator
Moderator
Joined
Apr 24, 2005
Messages
52,244
Location
Delta, BC Canada
Format
Medium Format
I still pronounce it wrong - Rawl-ee - but lifelong habits are hard to break.
Efke I get reasonably close to right.
 

AgX

Member
Joined
Apr 5, 2007
Messages
29,973
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
Lots of sound and fury. Signifying nothing.


Still I would not be surprised if we make a hundred posts...
 

grain elevator

Member
Joined
Jan 31, 2020
Messages
1,267
Location
Germany
Format
Multi Format
The o in Rollei is like that in "cost". I don't think there's an English syllable that rhymes with Roll-, closest may be "poll".
If you're an English speaker, you should realize that English pronunciation/spelling is a bit of an outlier among all languages that use Roman script. In most other languages, a single vowel is pronounced as a single vowel and rarely as a diphthong as it often is in English. And that most languages use u for what in English is spelled oo, a for what in English is uh, and i for what in English is ee. Conversely, e is pronounced similar to that in "ever" in most languages, but rarely as the first in "fever". Voilà, suddenly you can guess foreign pronunciations much better. You're welcome!
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…