How Do You Pronounce ....

[Mike $]

Some guy from the US has a patent, but capos had been in use two hundred years before that. As said before, capo comes from the Italian word capotasto. Capo meaning head and Tasto meaning key, tie or fret. So Kah-po would be the original pronunciation. But in English we say Kay-po because Britania rules the waves and The President of the US is the leader of the free world...so, basically, like Eric Cartman, "we do what we want." It is the same with Ookaleyley and Yukalaylee. No disrespect to Italy, It's just how we say it in English.

 

[chris667]

Britania rules the waves

In this respect, it's probably more that Britannia waives the rules.

 

[GreatPotoo]

Love this thread!

 

[Kenn2018]

All bets are off when you add in regional dialects.

 

[Joko]

I happen to live in Myanmar, and here at my house, more often than not, it's pronounced "wheretheheckdidiputthatthing" followed by, "Iswearitwasrighthereasecondago".

 

[Oldscruggsfan]

In my little corner of the southern Appalachian US, I’ve often heard it pronounced “clamp”.
As in,
“Lessdewthis-un-in-B!”
“Hole-oan-lemme-git-mah-clamp!”
“Iduntoleyataclipittuhyerpaighed!”

 

[iamesperambient]

Kay-poe

 

[Jerryc41]

CAPO?

Because there is only one consonant after the A, the A is long - "kay." It's like the difference between "diner" and "dinner."

One odd situation is with "Nikon." IN the US, we say "n-eye-kon." The rest of the world says "nee-kon." We are right; the rest of the world is wrong.

 

[KohanMike]

Because there is only one consonant after the A, the A is long - "kay." It's like the difference between "diner" and "dinner." One odd situation is with "Nikon." IN the US, we say "n-eye-kon." The rest of the world says "nee-kon." We are right; the rest of the world is wrong.

In the US we pronounce a Toyota Prius Pr-ee-us, in the UK they pronounce it Pr-eye-us.

 

[PauoaPoiDog]

It's been Americanized.
I blame the Eye-talians...

I think the first time I heard “eye-talian” must have been when Archie Bunker said it on All in the Family. Without ever hearing it spoken I assumed it was “kahpo”. Then I heard it spoken so now I say “kaypo”. I just went with the flow on that one unlike the popular pronunciation of ukulele. My screed about that appears in the thread discussing its pronunciation.

 

[One Man And His Uke]

Ka-POW! ( as in the sound a punch from Batman makes in the tv series - see also BLAM! )