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junkinduck 06:10 PM 05-16-2010
This is a newby thing. I don't mind being new but would like to sound a little more like I know what I am talking about. The only Spanish I know I learned from Doria the explorer so I am handicaped at the B&M. Does anyone have a way to help me sound less ignorant?
Thanks for any help
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Mugen910 06:22 PM 05-16-2010
What is it you want to know how to say? Don't worry about sounding ignorant...your cash will make the B&M not care :-)
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bobarian 06:37 PM 05-16-2010
Cuban marcas. http://www.mycigarsite.com/subopcion...cion5aeng.html
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captain53 06:38 PM 05-16-2010
Do all your business on the Internet and everything is in clear English!:-)
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thebayratt 06:43 PM 05-16-2010
We were dicussing the same thing at a B&M friday. We were talking on how to pronounce Illusione. (Illusionay or Illusionee). Billy at the shop said he gets people who ask for CAO as "cow" and others. I have trouble sometimes with a few, but like Mugen910 said, your cash will not make them care how you say it. All else fails, ask how do they pronounce it.
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junkinduck 06:56 PM 05-16-2010
Originally Posted by bobarian:
Cuban marcas. http://www.mycigarsite.com/subopcion...cion5aeng.html
Thanks,
Will bookmark this one
now for the NC brands?
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junkinduck 07:06 PM 05-16-2010
Bobarians post got me to lookin and I found this http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ I thik this will work for me. I just set the dude to spanish.
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Barteur 07:11 PM 05-16-2010
This is awesome, any links for portable device?
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leasingthisspace 07:53 PM 05-16-2010
I am interested in this. Thanks for the link.
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hotreds 08:21 PM 05-16-2010
s-o-c-k-s
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macpappy 05:31 AM 05-17-2010
Originally Posted by thebayratt:
We were dicussing the same thing at a B&M friday. We were talking on how to pronounce Illusione. (Illusionay or Illusionee). Billy at the shop said he gets people who ask for CAO as "cow" and others. I have trouble sometimes with a few, but like Mugen910 said, your cash will not make them care how you say it. All else fails, ask how do they pronounce it.
Illusion. with the "e" silent.
Is how I've mainly heard it pronounced.
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Stinky 12:54 AM 05-21-2010
Here's a link that will help (and pronounce) some Cuban brand pronunciations:

[edited by croatan]

http://www.intercigars.co.uk/cigar-pronunciation.html

The name that is most difficult for me is Por Larranaga "por la ran ya ga" . . .
try saying that! And, be sure to roll your tongue on the "R"!
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KenyanSandBoa 08:49 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by Stinky:
Here's a link that will help (and pronounce) some Cuban brand pronunciations:

[edited by croatan]

or read this one:
http://www.intercigars.co.uk/cigar-pronunciation.html

The name that is most difficult for me is Por Larranaga "por la ran ya ga" . . .
try saying that! And, be sure to roll your tongue on the "R"!
That's the site I used to figure some of these out too. When I first saw "5 Vegas" I read it as "Five Vegas"...had no idea to read the 5 in spanish. :-)
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RevSmoke 08:58 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by KenyanSandBoa:
That's the site I used to figure some of these out too. When I first saw "5 Vegas" I read it as "Five Vegas"...had no idea to read the 5 in spanish. :-)
You buying it in Spanish or in English? :-)

I am still going to call it five Vegas. :-)
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Dark Jester 09:32 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by thebayratt:
We were dicussing the same thing at a B&M friday. We were talking on how to pronounce Illusione. (Illusionay or Illusionee). Billy at the shop said he gets people who ask for CAO as "cow" and others. I have trouble sometimes with a few, but like Mugen910 said, your cash will not make them care how you say it. All else fails, ask how do they pronounce it.
Originally Posted by macpappy:
Illusion. with the "e" silent.
Is how I've mainly heard it pronounced.
Just found out last night that Dion Giolito owns the local shop that I've been getting sticks from (Fumare in Reno, NV). :-) Been seeing him once or twice a week for a couple months now, and I had no idea he was the owner of the Illusione brand as well. I'd planned on stopping by his place later today to pick up a couple of them, as I haven't tried them yet. I'll get the difinitive answer for you guys. :-)
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KenyanSandBoa 09:33 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by RevSmoke:
You buying it in Spanish or in English? :-)

I am still going to call it five Vegas. :-)
I prefer to buy in English whenever possible. :-)

I've just noticed that on sites like CI, they actually note next to the title (pronounced cinco vegas).
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BC-Axeman 10:32 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by captain53:
Do all your business on the Internet and everything is in clear English!:-)
But are internet cigars as good as B&M cigars?


















:-)
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stearns 11:50 AM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by BC-Axeman:
But are internet cigars as good as B&M cigars?
:-):-)

just go with what you thinks right, if its way off dont be offended if someone innocently corrects you

stearns
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Volt 11:56 AM 05-21-2010
Look I know Southern english real good, a smattering of the Queen's english so i can converse with my Northern BOTLs, and that's it. Thanks god Simon and Ferd speak better english than I do Dutch. Click, checkout and smile. No translation required :-)
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Blueface 12:18 PM 05-21-2010
Originally Posted by junkinduck:
Bobarians post got me to lookin and I found this http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/ I thik this will work for me. I just set the dude to spanish.
:-):-):-)

Love it.

I typed in "pinga" and it pronounced it perfectly.
I think I will try maricon, mamao, come mierda and some others next.:-)
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