How do you pronounce the Habanos Brands?

[misterbulgarin]

It's all well and good typing the names of the brands on here, but can you say some of the more meatier names correctly?

In a South eastern British accent, Ill type em how I pronounce. We'll grade eachother on how we do

Bolivar : BOLI-VARR , or maybe Boh-le-vah

Cohiba: Coe-Heebah

Cuaba: Kue-ahba

Diplomaticos: Dip-lo-mat-i-kos

El rey: El Ray De mundo

Fonseca: FON-sekka

H.Upman: Haych/Aych Up-man. Maybe 'archey' Upmann (thanks simplycigars for that memory stamp)

Hoyo: Hoi-yo DE Monter-RAY

JLP: Pee-ed-rah. Jose El Pee-ed-rah

Juan Lopez: Waaan Lo-pez ( Havent smoked or needed to say this name in conversation yet so I wonder if this is right?) I doubt it's joo-aan, I doubt the cubans would do an English accent just for that

Monte: Montey Crih-sto, easy

Partagas: Partah-Gas

Rafael Gonzales :Raf-eye-EL Gon-zar-lez

Ramon Allones: I was told how to say this correctly as I said it how I said it to my retailer and he corrected me, but I've since forgotten again! I said it like 'Rah-mon Al-oh-ness'. Think the guy said something's not pronounced. The way I say it is very British so it's bound to be wrong lol.

Romeo y Julieta: Romeo and Juliet . Sometimes I try and do the cuban pronounciation from Simplycigars which is something like 'Roh-may-oh *cant even describe how it sounds* ehhh Jooolee-etta. Think i'll stick with Just Romeo and Juliet...

Saint Luis Rey: Sain-Loo-ees....Rrray

San Cristobal: San Kristo-bal

Sancho Panza: San-cho Pan-zah

Trinidad: Trin-ih-dad (a given). Or maybe 'Tuh-reen-ih-DADuh'

Guantanamera: Shit-stick

[ACMCC]

There is a cigar site with a Cuban bloke saying the brand names when you click on a page of brand symbols..... I'll try and find it

[misterbulgarin]

Yeah probably www.simplycigars.co.uk

[ACMCC]

Ok remembered... it's on simply cigars.....here. Turn up the volume, and your in the cigar shop in Cuba this is a useful link for newbie's etc..
bet there is one or two need tweaking for most...

[bnelly]

The double-l's in Spanish always get me - like in "calle" etc. - makes Allones a tricky one for me

[ACMCC]

LOL.... cross posted there MB - I thought you had been on that site. (H.Upmann) just been on there playing, I tend to drift very slightly on one or two, and maybe add a little too much roll.....

[HabanoSy]

Great link guys...

I love some of the pronunciations...!!!

Cheers, HabanoSy

[misterbulgarin]

archey oop-man

[HabanoSy]

archey oop-man

LOL!!!

That is the best, must be H's brother or something...!?!

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Habana-Habanos]

Guantanamera: Shit-stick

HAHA, don't they taste nice never had one?

[HabanoSy]

HAHA, don't they taste nice never had one?

LOL!!!

Don't even go there HH...

As Mr.B puts it, shit-sticks...

Avoid at all costs...!!!

Cheers, HabanoSy

[misterbulgarin]

they're better than cohibas!




for starting a fire*

[cbob]

Ok remembered... it's on simply cigars.....here. Turn up the volume, and your in the cigar shop in Cuba this is a useful link for newbie's etc..
bet there is one or two need tweaking for most...

This is the real "Havana" accent.
It's fun to hear how much different the pronunciation is in Spain. Many of the names have an emphasis in a different place.

Rafael Bernardo has a similar guide that claims to use "a standard Spanish language (Castilian), plus a "simulated" French for the "Quai d'Orsay" Brand" and this was indeed the case until he updated it. Now I believe that he uses the same recordings as the Simply Cigars site.

http://www.mycigarsite.com/subopciones/opcion5a/opcion5aeng.html

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[Nuno Sa]

This is the real "Havana" accent.
It's fun to hear how much different the pronunciation is in Spain. Many of the names have an emphasis in a different place.

Rafael Bernardo has a similar guide that claims to use "a standard Spanish language (Castilian), plus a "simulated" French for the "Quai d'Orsay" Brand" and this was indeed the case until he updated it. Now I believe that he uses the same recordings as the Simply Cigars site.

http://www.mycigarsite.com/subopciones/opcion5a/opcion5aeng.html

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The pronunciation is different even in Spain from region to region, because of the variety of dialects spoken there. The Cuban Spanish is a bit like the Brazilian Portuguese, it?s spicy.

Spain is near to Portugal and i?ve visited sometimes. It?s a lovely country with a nice people and lot?s of different sites from the beach to the mountains. But if you want to eat nice foods and drink good wine you must come to Portugal...

[Stevieboy]

http://www.mycigarsite.com/subopciones/opcion5a/opcion5aeng.html

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I love that guide. I found it years ago but then lost the link so cheers for the update