Correct Pronunciation of Cibie - the lamp manufacturer?
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So, I've always spoken as 'sy-bee' or 'sy'bees'

This morning, someone who probably knows more than me, pronounced it 'sib-ee' or 'sib-ees'

I've also heard it being said as 'Kib-ee' before....


So, who knows for sure what it is meant to be?

Edited by turbodave16v on 29th Aug, 2008.

I've always pronounced it "sib-ee", have never heard it pronounced differently in fact.

As long as I am reading yours right anyway Dave, e.g. "sy-bie" being something like "s-eye-bee"

I thought si bee too

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I've always used "sib-ee"

And it's "pronunciation".

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Always had Si-bee lamps on my Mini, wont have anything else

I now have 520watts of Cibe lamps on the front

I thought is was pronounced more like 'sib-e-ay' as there is an accent on the é.

Cibié.

I'm always wrong though!

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 29th Aug, 2008.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I've always pronounced them "wank looking massive lamps"

Edited by Rod S on 29th Aug, 2008.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

In the 13's at last!.. Just

dave you should be ok talking to americans as they cant pronounce shit....

i was asked how far i lived from the river fames....?
they meant thames....lol

On 29th Aug, 2008 theoneeyedlizard said:

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

oh dear....lol

Ah, so if it's french then i is ee and é is ay.

But c is not see but k as in kicking

So "kee - bee - ay"

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

ive always called it see bee, as in "oh shit i can see a bee"

Edited by Nic on 29th Aug, 2008.

i think there awful,
only look right on old skool rally cars and such like

Could one of the French guys confirm?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

just get some KC daylighters as they come with nice yellow covers with a smily face

Our french employee says sib ee ay

Jesus....

Simple question, fuck-knows-what answers.

Yes, we need a foreigner to tell us the answer I guess LOL

It's obvious, you just pronounce it as it's written. :) At least you guys have an idea of what é sounds like which is not the case for most people in the US.

Its C B A.

C is pronounced as a K in front of a, o and u and as an S in front of e, i, y. If you want an S sound with a,o,u you need a 'ç' (c cédille). However, I can't think of a word that has ço in it.

End of the French lesson.

Jean

http://www.jbperf.com/

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."