[dave]

lets just settle a couple of points:

Adidas - is it Adidas, or Adidas?
obviously this is the former.

Traverse - traverse or traverse?
again i recon the former.

Nike - do you say a "y" on the end?

there must be more - american prunciations asside, since they mispronounce/misspell everything.

[nik at work]

Not sure I follow exactly which of the two pronunciations you are plumping for but for the record I am a:

ad-ee-das, tra-verse, nike man

and never a:

a-dee-das, tra-vus, nikey man

Also porsh not porsh-a and arse not ass

[dave]

yeah, i've always gone for addy-das (since the guy who founded it was adi dassler it can't possibly be A-dee-dus) and trVERSE. also i always thought it was nike, like bike and pike, but i gather it comes from some greek word so might be nikey correctly said.

i say arse on a dogg and ass on a bitach, cos arse can't be made to sound attractive.

arcteryx or arcteryx?

[nik at work]

I have never said that word, is it some fancy dan technical climbing clothing company? I'm more of a jeans and t-shirts kind of guy.

I would probably stress the ARC and mumble the rest thus:

ARC-tewex......

[Mike_H]

I'd normally go for ARC...what you having for your tea?

[bondosan]

ive noticed that trad punters tend to say TRAvus. Boulderers say traVERSE.
(not that im making any kind of sweeping statement)

[mozzer]

its gotta be addy dass,  nikey and trVRSE. Except if you are strong neil from the county in which case I will bow to TRAverse.

All you northern monkeys speak funny anyhoo.

Parry, you up for staffs grit at easter? Drop me a PM if so - got a fucking ace pad.