Simple poll...how do you pronounce Gondola

[DisneyWishes14]

I pronounce it "cable car".

See, when it comes out of my mouth it sounds more like, "magical highway in the sky". I'm from PA, so maybe that has something to do with it.

 

[Minnesota!]

Gahn-da-lah

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

See, when it comes out of my mouth it sounds more like, "magical highway in the sky". I'm from PA, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Ha, you just reminded me of the Inclined Planes.

 

[bumbershoot]

I pronounce it "cable car".

Yes let’s just do that.

 

[KrazeeK120]

Neither pronunciation.

I pronounce it GONE-dough-la

I think that’s closest to how I say it. There’s a regional Italian chain in the area where I live and their signature item is a sandwich with this name. Everyone I know says it as you’ve described.

Also, the T in often is silent.

 

[vinotinto]

My DH pronounces it GAHN-duh-lah
He grew up skiing, so I figure he knows.

 

[gypsy_at_heart]

My DH pronounces it GAHN-duh-lah
He grew up skiing, so I figure he knows.

This is how I say it too. I've never head anyone say it differently around Vancouver I didn't know there were other ways!

That said, I think lots of things are pronounced oddly by Americans XD Buoy and foyer really throw me...

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

This is how I say it too. I've never head anyone say it differently around Vancouver I didn't know there were other ways!

That said, I think lots of things are pronounced oddly by Americans XD Buoy and foyer really throw me...

You've got me... How do you pronounce those words?

 

[gypsy_at_heart]

You've got me... How do you pronounce those words?

boy and foy-yay

I always hear people say boo-ee and foy-er in the US.


I've also asked for a pop in a couple states and got odd looks, that and a washroom - those two seem to be hit or miss depending on the state.

 

[amcnj]

This is how I say it too. I've never head anyone say it differently around Vancouver I didn't know there were other ways!

That said, I think lots of things are pronounced oddly by Americans XD Buoy and foyer really throw me...

Do you have regional differences in prouncing certain words in Canada too?

 

[Nancyg56]

Might correlate with where someone grew up. East coast, midwest or west coast. I see the same difference in how people pronounce the word 'OFTEN'. Silent T or not?

Not

 

[gypsy_at_heart]

Do you have regional differences in prouncing certain words in Canada too?

We do a little bit, though not as much as I find you have in the US. The biggest difference you will find is if you meet someone with a Newfie accent (from Newfoundland) or a québécois accent. But, for example, you will never hear anyone say about as a-boot that was raised on the west coast, but I’ve heard it said in the maritimes (Newfoundland mostly). You also don’t get many people who throw in ‘eh’ who were raised in BC, but I have heard it more commonly in other provinces. And we have a joke in Vancouver that you can tell someone is from Toronto by the way they say Toronto. We say Tor-on-toe, very pronounced, where they kind of mush it together into Tor-ahn-ah.

 

[melana]

I pronounce it... not gonna ride it. LOL

Gon-da-la

 

[DSLRuser]

thanks everyone...i thought it would be closer to 50/50

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

I have always pronounced it GON-doe-lah (emphasis on 1st syllable, but long o in middle syllable). So, first syllable short o, 2nd long o. And then laaaaa.

 

[DisLiss]

gone-duh-luh (I used the "uh" to indicate that the vowel end is not a la-la-la or ha-ha-ha kind of sound. )

 

[Dave006]

After listening to it again, I now hear Yanny.

Dave

 

[Sparkly]

Gon-doh-la is how I usually say it.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Apparently the pronunciation is different depending on if you are using it in reference to a boat or to a train.