How is Riblet as in Riblet lifts pronounced. Is it riblet, like it is written, or is it pronounceed riblay like something French would be?
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How is Riblet pronounced?
Started by skierdude9450, Mar 12 2006 04:58 PM
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Posted 12 March 2006 - 05:57 PM
Yea just like a frog , not like the french . it could easily get confusing (rib let) as in " the rib let me eat it"
"hey the sheave on riblet 15 is wobbling" Alot of people call the towers riblets ,I think it is quite humourous.
"hey the sheave on riblet 15 is wobbling" Alot of people call the towers riblets ,I think it is quite humourous.
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Posted 12 March 2006 - 06:10 PM
Speaking of this, How are Doppelmayr and Poma supposed to be pronounced?
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Posted 12 March 2006 - 06:19 PM
Doppelmayr is pronounced 'dop-pel-mier.'
Poma is pronounced just like how you would say Poma lift, which would be like 'palm-a' or something close to that.
Leitner is pronounced 'light-ner.'
Poma is pronounced just like how you would say Poma lift, which would be like 'palm-a' or something close to that.
Leitner is pronounced 'light-ner.'
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Posted 12 March 2006 - 06:22 PM
So true on the Riblet tower thingy. I remember being in ski school in the early eighties and my friends and I would ski Snoqualmie Summit and he would always say, "Meet me at Riblet 2 on Dodge Ridge". You see all the towers had Riblet Decals on them, so of course you would think they were called a Riblet.
Thanks for bring back a humorous memory. :)
Thanks for bring back a humorous memory. :)
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Posted 12 March 2006 - 07:18 PM
Ryan B, on Mar 12 2006, 07:00 PM, said:
Riblet is pronounced Space Cheese : Spaaysss Cheeesee
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Posted 13 March 2006 - 07:48 PM
SkiBachelor, on Mar 12 2006, 07:19 PM, said:
Doppelmayr is pronounced 'dop-pel-mier.'
Poma is pronounced just like how you would say Poma lift, which would be like 'palm-a' or something close to that.
Leitner is pronounced 'light-ner.'
Poma is pronounced just like how you would say Poma lift, which would be like 'palm-a' or something close to that.
Leitner is pronounced 'light-ner.'
You are wrong with Poma. It makes a long O sound so like Poema. I've always heard Doppelmayr pronounced like may, but I could be wrong. You are correct about Leitner.
While we're at it, is there anybody from Vail? My friend says that Roger's Run is pronounced Rogay's.
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Posted 13 March 2006 - 08:01 PM
skierdude9450, on Mar 13 2006, 10:48 PM, said:
You are wrong with Poma. It makes a long O sound so like Poema. I've always heard Doppelmayr pronounced like may, but I could be wrong. You are correct about Leitner.
While we're at it, is there anybody from Vail? My friend says that Roger's Run is pronounced Rogay's.
While we're at it, is there anybody from Vail? My friend says that Roger's Run is pronounced Rogay's.
I think you'll find more people in the industry call them Palm-as (without the L of course). Rolls off the tongue with more ease too.
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 04:31 PM
skierdude9450, on Mar 13 2006, 06:48 PM, said:
You are wrong with Poma. It makes a long O sound so like Poema. I've always heard Doppelmayr pronounced like may, but I could be wrong. You are correct about Leitner.
While we're at it, is there anybody from Vail? My friend says that Roger's Run is pronounced Rogay's.
While we're at it, is there anybody from Vail? My friend says that Roger's Run is pronounced Rogay's.
I am not from Vail but I have been skiing there for 20+ years and I have never heard it pronounced Rogay's, always Roger's.
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 05:55 PM
Remember some of these pronounciations could depend on what part of the continent you are from. I know that one of our mechanics from CO (which he has since gone back) used to pronounce Poma as "Palm-a" whereas many of us here in the east pronounce it as "P-Oh-ma"
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 06:49 PM
poloxskier, on Mar 14 2006, 05:31 PM, said:
I am not from Vail but I have been skiing there for 20+ years and I have never heard it pronounced Rogay's, always Roger's.
Good. I don't know where he got Rogay's from.
Jonni, on Mar 14 2006, 06:55 PM, said:
Remember some of these pronounciations could depend on what part of the continent you are from. I know that one of our mechanics from CO (which he has since gone back) used to pronounce Poma as "Palm-a" whereas many of us here in the east pronounce it as "P-Oh-ma"
The ironic part about that is that I'm from CO and I've never heard it pronounded Palm-a. I guess it's just what you grew up with.
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 06:51 PM
I also have heard someone pronounce it "Puma."
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"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"
Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
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