Just curious ... how does one pronounce GETRAG ???

 

I believe its get - rog ( like frog ).

 

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>>I believe its get - rog ( like frog ).

Very close - and a good attempt. German can be a little tricky. More likely it is g - trog (short "g" as in "go", emphasis on the second syllable). But who really cares??

 

Hmmmm you could go over to the Other MINI site and ask one of the German owners.Just look for the German flag in their post

 

I prefer get rag, as in the transmission in my MCS gets ragged on.

 

try this topic.

Getrag

 

Its pronounced more like "ge - traag", with the "ge" being a fairly short sound. The "t" goes with the second syllable, and the "a" is drawn out, like "ahh".

 

The new PT Cruiser commercial has the proper pronunciation just like barky said :smile:

 

Ah, I knew all those years of high school and college German would come in handy some day!

 

It's not "trag" It's definitely a "TROG" sound. Not sure about the first part. I believe Michigan MIniac is right. But it's definitely a "TROG" sound. I know I read that somewhere a while back.

 

The "o" in frog is linguistically very similar to the "ah" sound in Getrag, only the "o" is pronounced slightly lower in the mouth. Mind you, I'm not referring to pitch when I say lower; rather, it is a term that linguists use to identify vowel sounds. To many people's ears, the sounds are very close.

If you are familiar with the German music group Kraftwerk, then you can compare the "a" sound: it sounds essentially the same in Getrag as is does in Kraftwerk (which is not pronounced like the cheese company Kraft, where the "a" is much higher and has what most people would refer to as a nasal quality).

 

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