How do YOU pronounce Rodinal

Chris Nielsen · Aug 29, 2009

It must be an accent thing. Just like the divergent pronounciations of Nikon. It's interesting that here in New Zealand where we have a large English influence on our accent and pronounciations, I would automatically assume Rodinal is pronounced ROD-in-all.. It sounds peculiar to me to pronounce it the other way.

AgX · Aug 29, 2009

We should not take things too seriously. I as all Germans pronounce Kodak differently than you native English speakers and I doubt that any of you could pronounce Gevaert the original way. So what?

And what about Agfa? Which pronounciation is the correct one?
The original German one? Or the Flemish one (the way many people of Agfa pronounce it)?

Denis K · Aug 29, 2009

AgX said:
We should not take things too seriously.

A number of us practice the darkroom arts is quiet solitude, rarely talking to others that use the same chemicals and thus establishing our own pronunciation for them. What brought this up was that the other day I was imagining giving a talk where I was showing an image that had been developed with Rodinal. In the middle of this imagined talk, when I said that I used Rodinal as the developer, I looked around the room and noticed that everyone was looking at each other saying, "what the hell is this guy talking about?"

Alas, after reading everyones responses I am now sure that my fears were well founded!

Denis K

tony lockerbie · Aug 29, 2009

In Australia we pronounce it Rod-in-al (as in Al Gore) The German pronunciation sounds much cooler, so I will amend the name as of now.

AgX · Aug 30, 2009

Denis,

But with a mixed audience you will be in trouble anyway...

gandolfi · Aug 30, 2009

Kvistgaard said:
as it's a German product, I would assume the same as Thomas (although I sensed a slight tinge of Swedish in his pronunciation)

invented by a dane, I think..

that makes it ro-di-NAL

Philippe-Georges · Aug 30, 2009

"...L'art se fait en silence..."

Quote by Marcel Proust

Philippe

IloveTLRs · Aug 30, 2009

Raw-di-nall.

I've yet to use it, though ...

funkpilz · Aug 30, 2009

Roh-dee-naal. With a nice, German R.

ajuk · Aug 30, 2009

Row-din-ol

sienarot · Aug 30, 2009

Roh-din-all

How do you guys pronounce efke and domke?

RalphLambrecht · Aug 31, 2009

Denis K said:
I dont want to bias any answers so Ill keep quiet.

Did someone already try to upload a sound files? Sorry did not see it.

You'll find the German pronunciation of Agfa Rodinal in mp3 format at:

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Of course, everyone is free and welcome (if not advised) to spell it so his communication partner actually knows what he is talking about.

AgX · Aug 31, 2009

Well, my `L´ would be more pronounced... Nice idea with that soundfile.

RalphLambrecht · Sep 1, 2009

AgX said:
Well, my `L´ would be more pronounced... Nice idea with that soundfile.

Yeah, but I live in Leverkusen!

cmacd123 · Sep 1, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
You'll find the German pronunciation of Agfa Rodinal in mp3 format at:

all I hear is "agfa" did the file get crunched?

AgX · Sep 2, 2009

It is still there when I listen to it.

But Ralph put emphasis on `Agfa´.

Anton Lukoszevieze · Sep 2, 2009

who cares how Rodinal is pronounced? try my surname......

Gary Holliday · Sep 15, 2009

RalphLambrecht said:
Did someone already try to upload a sound files? Sorry did not see it.

You'll find the German pronunciation of Agfa Rodinal in mp3 format at:

Dead Link Removed

Of course, everyone is free and welcome (if not advised) to spell it so his communication partner actually knows what he is talking about.

Akfa Hoody nahl?

Agfa Road-di-naul

Brandon D. · Sep 16, 2009

"road"-"in"-"all"

cmacd123 · Sep 16, 2009

AgX said:
It is still there when I listen to it.

But Ralph put emphasis on `Agfa´.

Playing with the file, it seems that it plays through with some sound players but gets hung up in others. It will play through in Kaffeine, but not in Dragon player or Amarok2.

keithwms · Sep 16, 2009

Oh, Ralph, I have been pronouncing Agfa the dutch way... with the 'g' pronounced [x].

Cute piece of trivia from wikipedia, my emphasis:

1867 The company Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation (Corporation for Aniline Production) was founded in Rummelsburg (now in the Lichtenberg borough of Berlin) as a manufacturer of dyes and stains. It became a public limited company in 1873. The founders were Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (son of composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) and Carl Alexander von Martius.

...which then joined forces with Lieven Gevaert in Antwerpen circa 1897.

So now it seems I should pronounce Agfa the German way and Gevaert the Flemish way (kinda like Chefart, I forget the IPA symbol, maybe [ç]). You don't pronounce Gevaert like Gefaehrt, right ?!

WGibsonPhotography · Sep 16, 2009

I stopped calling it Rodinal a while back. I now refer to it as "The Developer"

AgX · Sep 16, 2009

keithwms said:
...which then joined forces with Lieven Gevaert in Antwerpen circa 1897.

They joined forces in 1964.

keithwms said:
So now it seems I should pronounce Agfa the German way and Gevaert the Flemish way (kinda like Chefart, I forget the IPA symbol, maybe [ç]). You don't pronounce Gevaert like Gefaehrt, right ?!

On the pronunciation of Agfa:
As I stated above, with Agfa being a Flemish company since 1998 (practically maybe even longer) this is a tricky question.
I pronounce it the German way.

Gevaert:
The first way, though "Chefart" will not produce the right sound for the `G´...

tom_bw · Sep 17, 2009

Perhaps indicative of my positive view on this developer, I pronounce Rodinal as follows:
"My Worship"

Thomas Bertilsson · Sep 17, 2009

I've heard somebody refer to it as: "Silent King".
Appropriate, perhaps?

How do YOU pronounce Rodinal

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