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runesika
Joined: 25 May 2012 Posts: 68 Location: Essex
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:59 pm Post subject: Correct pronunciation of Bimota ? |
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what is the correct pronunciation of Bimota ?
Bim ota , buy mota , by mo ta, bi moe ta , by moe toe , I say bim ota but my friend always says bi mota , what do you say ? |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Depends on country and language used for me...only one I begrudge is bimoto.... As it misses the importance of Ta.. Murine....I suppose...Bee....mo....ta.....as that's correct for branching....morris...and tambo...the original founders...as an italian would pronounce their surnames... |
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bimota_rider
Joined: 06 Jul 2013 Posts: 213 Location: Utah, USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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I once checked with an "English" linguist and I was told that Bimota would be pronounced : BEE-MOE-TAA
...for what it's worth, I generally say " Bim-O-ta.
However, I should just say my SB6R is a Ducati, because that is what everyone thinks it is, even after I tell them it is a Bimota. Because it's red, I guess... _________________ '98 Bimota SB6R #000016 "Sweet 16"
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stockcar
Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Posts: 836 Location: in the shadow of the "angel"
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Bud977
Joined: 03 Mar 2013 Posts: 525 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Is that Dooo-Kart-ee (as in the US) or Doo-cat-i as we say in Oz? |
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runesika
Joined: 25 May 2012 Posts: 68 Location: Essex
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Haaa I've always found the USA pronunciation of Ducati strange , UK say DUE..CAT.EE
But as I'm a full on carrot cruncher no one understands me anyway |
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2bims
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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I'm off to see my Italian friend who works for Do-Cat-Ee tomorrow and I'll write Ducati and Bimota on a piece of paper and get him to pronounce both....But....he is from deep south Italy and been in England for some 10 years now in Manc land.....and as he says...the north and the south of Italy have totally different dialects and pronunciation....so really...we need to locate a born and bred resident of Northern Italy where Ducati and Bimota have always been based...who speaks no other language and has never left the country and had his own dialect and mother tongue tainted by outside influence...My tuppeny worth though is that the yanks like to make everything sound like they invented it...It being the English language that they purport to speak...Ahem.... No offence Bimota-rider of Utah.... |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:50 am Post subject: |
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I'll get on that 2Bims, the photography guide we met in Italy 3 months ago is from the Rimini area. _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:10 am Post subject: |
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He just got back to me, great timing he was stuck at Barcelona Airport...
I pronounce it Bimota, he tells me it is Beemota....
Born and Bred in Rimini... _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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runesika
Joined: 25 May 2012 Posts: 68 Location: Essex
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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rpo83 wrote: |
He just got back to me, great timing he was stuck at Barcelona Airport...
I pronounce it Bimota, he tells me it is Beemota....
Born and Bred in Rimini... |
That's good enough for me ,Beemota... it is . |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:31 am Post subject: |
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Me, i'm sticking to what i like...
Bim O Ta...
It's like when the Moto GP announcers call Lorenzo Horgai.. The fact that the Spanish pronounce J as a H, doesn't mean we all have to _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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bimota_rider
Joined: 06 Jul 2013 Posts: 213 Location: Utah, USA
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
..It being the English language that they purport to speak...Ahem.... No offence Bimota-rider of Utah.... |
F-LOL!!!!
My wife and I loving joke around about the "English" accent....By saying "I can't understand them"..."I wish they would just speak English".....
2Bims....Offend???? Meee????...Doubtful...Cheers!
For the record, Ducati? I call them duck-it-ties....
...and they are usually FLYING,...When I pass them!!! _________________ '98 Bimota SB6R #000016 "Sweet 16"
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who
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 402 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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PITA? |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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rpo83 wrote: |
It's like when the Moto GP announcers call Lorenzo Horgai.. |
Whoregay _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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bimota_rider
Joined: 06 Jul 2013 Posts: 213 Location: Utah, USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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My wife and I found this...
We found it very funny...
BTW: We pronounce our T's and is a pet peeve when Americans lazily drop them for D's.
Enjoy: LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nAnT3PASak
p.s. 2Bims, we always say Brits speak "English"
...everyone else has an accent.
We are still unsure what the Scots and Ire's speak....LOL
. _________________ '98 Bimota SB6R #000016 "Sweet 16"
Built 5/97
2014 Suzuki Hayabusa
2001 BMW R1100S
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