How do YOU pronounce Rodinal

[Denis K]

I don’t want to bias any answers so I’ll keep quiet.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Roh-dee-naal. Just like the Germans.

 

[trexx]

Ro-din-al
The closest sounds are:
Roe
din
all

 

[Shawn Dougherty]

Ro-din-al
The closest sounds are:
Roe
din
all

This has always been my pronunciation, though it's really not based on anything. I've often wondered what the correct way is....

I once heard Rod - in - all... kinda what made me wonder in the first place.

 

[Tom Kershaw]

rod-in-all

 

[arigram]

Roh-dee-naal. Just like the Germans.

Like that, phonetically.

 

[Krzys]

Roe-din-all

now how do you say Diafine? haha

 

[keithwms]

Rahdnahl.

Rhymes with "all y'all."

 

[Gatsby1923]

Roe-Din-All
Die-A-Fan
Dee-Sev-en-tee-Six
Deck-tall
But how the heck to do you say "Nicéphore Niépce!!!"

 

[Tom Kershaw]

I wonder if presumed pronunciation is related to accent?

Tom

 

[Mike1234]

"lust-for-acutance"

 

[photo8x10]

I pronounce it
RO-DI-NAL

Stefano

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

OK. How about attachments with sound files? I may attempt this later today. Just for the heck of it.

 

[Ian Grant]

Which sounds better, Azol, Certinal, Kodinol or Rodinal ?

Personally there's an air of surety about Ilford's Certinal. It rings of a confident British alternative to Rodinal, and it was available at all good Ilford stockists from March 1909 onwards

Ian

 

[John Koehrer]

Warts N All

 

[Andy K]

Rod-in-al.

 

[Kvistgaard]

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

 

[Denis K]

Now that we have a few responses I'll tell you what I think:

Rho-duh-nol (that is with a "ol" ending)

In the similar but different way, I don't pronounce "National" with a -nal sound but more like "Nationul". But then I was born and raised in East Tennessee.

Denis K

PS: I'm not alone. Google "rodinol" and you will find a lot of others who even think it is spelled "..nol".

 

[DanielStone]

roh-di-nahl (silent h's)

or

row-di-nawl

depends on where you're geographically located i guess

-Dan

 

[dpurdy]

Road'nall

 

[BradS]

never used it but always pronounced it 'rod-in-all'.

 

[jim appleyard]

I always called it Dektol.

 

[Anscojohn]

When I was taking German in school (or it was taking me), I would say gggghhhwww woh deeen ahl. I stopped that when others in the lab thought I was choking on something. Now I just say Rod in ahl.

 

[gainer]

Used to be you could tell by the fact that there is only 1 d, followed by a vowel. If the ROD was to be pronounced like the rod for fishing, there would be 2 d's in a row(dinal). The fact that it came from Germany is the best clue.

 

[rjr]

Patrick,

"If the ROD was to be pronounced like the rod for fishing,"

In fact it is pronounced like the rod. Somewhat like "Rod-ee-nawl", with a short burst of "ee".