Chamfer - How do YOU pronounce it?
Chamfer - How do YOU pronounce it?
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Okay, so first off, sorry if this has been discussed before.
How do you guys pronounce chamfer? I say "sham-fer". However, my girlfriend, who is an architect, was taught "cham-fer".
I have limited French language skills, but from what I understand there are two sounds "CH" can make it French. "Sh", as in, "Champagne", and "K", as in "Can". So, to me at least, the only reasonable way to pronounce it is "sham-fer" or "cam-fer" (as in "camshaft"). Of course, I'm biased.
So how do you say it?
How do you guys pronounce chamfer? I say "sham-fer". However, my girlfriend, who is an architect, was taught "cham-fer".
I have limited French language skills, but from what I understand there are two sounds "CH" can make it French. "Sh", as in, "Champagne", and "K", as in "Can". So, to me at least, the only reasonable way to pronounce it is "sham-fer" or "cam-fer" (as in "camshaft"). Of course, I'm biased.

So how do you say it?
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Messieurs Merriam and Webster agree. http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=cham...
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Or I say "the little corner cut-off thingy".
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@JohnRBaker:
I can understand most of your examples, but "closet" with an "n"?
Clonset? Closent?
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Thank you mgb0002. You sent me to Webster's where I learned the truth. Of course, now I have 35 years of embarrassment upon which to dwell and rue**.
**The structure of this phrase exemplifies strict adherence to a particular grammar rule regarding prepositions at the end of sentences. Like Winston Churchill, that is a practice up with which I will not put.
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- Steve
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(Nether "Logey Berogy" or "Low Borrow" are correct FYI.)
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The "r" not being explicitly pronounced.
- Steve
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Chamfer? Cham(p) for me too. (I'm a Brit who's been around too many Americans for too many years.)
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And for davidbeach, while my wife was born in Michigan, she did grow-up in Warshington.
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So while I'm not in a position to defend my pronunciation, oy 'ave no idear why some blokes delete, substitute, or add extrar lettahs. :)
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I'll just ask my good friend Cholmondeley to help me out...
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- Steve
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Would that be Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh from Mousehole, or Cholmondeley St. John-Menzies from Youghall?
(Pronounced "Chumley Fanshaw from Mowzell" and "Chumley Sinjun-Mingus from Yawl" respectively)
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And they produce some really great cheese
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I have a colleague from that school... she never seemed amused when I called it "low-brow" (as in cro-mag), but "loogahbarooogah" occasionally got a smile.
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Old George Carlin line:
Last name please?
Smith
Can you spell that for me?
Xghmtf -- but they're all silent.
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I guess unless the descendants of the original Mr Troughton come forward (I assume it was named after an early land-owner or explorer), we will never know!
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KI6FCI
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I've been saying luger bo ru gah for so long, I can't remember how I used to pronounce Loughborough: probably luff bruh
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And "Mazda" - nothing like the Japanese pronunciation (won't find it in a dictionary though as it's a proper noun).
- Steve
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The Chinese and Japanese use a lot of sound translations (there may be a proper word for this but that is what I call it). Things that sound the same but have a different meaning. eg US (America) is called mei guo (pretty country). UK (England) is called ing guo (hero country). Russia is called er guo (goose or hungry country). Doesn't mean US is pretty or UK has lots of heroes or that everyone in Russia does the goose step or is always hungry but that is how the sounds go.
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Could simply be a way of showing respect for the founder of the company, Kiichiro Toyoda.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-t...
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I'll start.
From the Gulf Coast. I say "sham-fer".
I'd say the survey is pretty accurate too, as I say pecan as "pick-AHN".
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Also, "FILL-it" - because that's how it was pronouned to me. I must confess that I thought my then-coworker was a bit of an idiot when he pronounced it "fil-A". It's not a chicken sandwich.
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Re: Mazda. We once had a Japanese foreign exchange student stay with us for a summer as part of an English immersion program. One day while driving around, she saw a Mazda RX7 sports car on the road. She commented on how cute she thought it was and inquired as to the make. I was a little perplexed and explained that it was a Japanese brand "Mazda" (pronounced like in Mama, not with the first A sounding like a sheep bleat as the Canadians say it). She claimed to have never heard of it. When we got close enough for her to read the badge, she exclaimed "Oh, Mah-Zu-Dah!, yes this is a very popular car". I guess that even for languages that are mono-ethnic, there are still quirks.
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- Steve
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My old boss was an Italian chap, working in Chicago. When asked what dressing he wanted on his salad, he'd wink at me and ask for eye-talian.
- Steve
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On the serious side, I RARELY hear it pronounced (in the US) as "shamfer".
But if you do, that's OK, I guess. And yes, it's probably the "correct" way to say it.
However, here's something to keep in mind ...
If you're dealing with contractors and/or plant managers, etc and you're going to discuss this with them ...
99.44% are going to say CHAM (as in champion).
If you say SHAM..., you're going to look like a putz.
Just like the word tournament - only a minority truly pronounce it correctly with the vast majority of Americans saying "turn-a-ment"
You can say it correctly if you'd like, just be prepared to be taken as a pompous egotistical arrogant know-it-all who thinks they're superior by using the technically correct pronunciation of the word - that is, when dealing with the end user.
In the office, to quote the 1980s poet and philosopher, Humpty Hump, "do whatcha like."