Om-mega or O-mayga?
Om-mega or O-mayga?
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TonyHetherington

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32,091 posts

280 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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A question of pronounciation, if I may?

Much like the Porsche brand, I hear different pronounciations of 'Omega' and wondered, simply, which is the correct?

Is the homeland pronounciation the one to go for, or perhaps have we adopted in the UK a lazy way of saying it?

So, which is it; Om-mega, or O-mayga?

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

212 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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I tend to go with "oh-megga".

andy_s

19,856 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Ohm-iga?

TonyHetherington

Original Poster:

32,091 posts

280 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Well that's cleared that up, then hehe

andyroo

2,469 posts

240 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Oh-mey-ger

Can't stand oh-mee-ger, sounds all wrong!

WreckedGecko

1,191 posts

231 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Its Oh-may-gah, I find the omh-mega really annoying. Like people pronouncing Cobra as Cob-rah.

andy_s

19,856 posts

289 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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As in 'Alpha to Omega' then.

Ikemi

8,610 posts

235 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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I've heard TAG Heuer pronounced TAG 'Hue-er', rather than the correct TAG 'Hoy-er' ...

'O-may-ger' here smile

corporalsparrow

403 posts

210 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Oh-meh-ga for me.

O-may-ga sounds much too poncey.

Besides, if Oh-meh-ga was good enough for James Bond it's good enough for me.

physprof

996 posts

217 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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aww bks... with my order for the Railmaster off in the post...

I now have to worry about my pronounciation, there was me with my O-may-gah!