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[tcs]

Roger's Run is named for Roger Staub. He was Swiss and used the French pronunciation. I can't think how to spell it. Something like "Ro'-zhay". I've never heard the trail pronounced "Roger" even by flatlanders.

FWIW, I have always pronounced Poma with a long "O", like "Poe-ma". Palma sounds kind of wimpy. Maybe some of you European types can speculate on how Mr. Pomagalski would have pronounced his own name.

In Colorado the locals have some really dumb names like "Byoona" Vista (for Buena) and "Pee-eb'-lo" for Pueblo.

TCS

[floridaskier]

SkiBachelor, on Mar 17 2006, 02:04 AM, said:

C-TECH.

I always pronounced it C-T-E-C because it was an acronym for 'Cable Transportation Engineering Company' or something to that effect. Learn something new every day

I've never heard 'Palm-a' before, always 'Poe-ma'

[spunkyskier01]

i have always thought P-oh-ma ande palm-a are two totaly different things, p-oh-ma is the company and palma is the surface lift

[SkiBachelor]

Well, if you look at how poma the surface lift is spelled, it's the same was as the lift manufacturer.

It's kind of like the word 'live.' For example, I live in Oregon or I went to a live concernt last night. That's why I think so many people call it Poh-ma, rather than Palm-a.

[liftmech]

Calling a surface lift a 'poma' is like calling facial tissue Kleenex. Poma pioneered the platter and now almost everyone calls lift of that type by that name.

[boardski]

How do you pronounce and spell Staedli correctly?

[Snoqualmie guy]

How about Thoikol?

[mikest2]

Snoqualmie guy, on May 24 2007, 08:04 PM, said:

How about Thoikol?

Just like it's spelled, not how you spelled it.

Thiokol thigh-o-call

[Allan]

Skier, on Mar 16 2006, 11:23 PM, said:

How about CTEC? Is it C-Tech or C-T-E-C?

Cable Transportation Engineering Company (or something similar.)

[EagleAce]

I've heard two different pronunciations for Yan. I've always wondered that CTEC meant.

[floridaskier]

Is Yan pronounced like "ban" or like "yawn?"

[Peter]

I have always thought like ban because it is like his name Jan, but they might say yan like yawn in Europe.

[skierdude9450]

boardski, on May 24 2007, 05:07 PM, said:

How do you pronounce and spell Staedli correctly?

It is spelled Städeli, or in English, Staedeli, which would mean it is pronounced stay duh lee.

[skier14]

skierdude9450, on May 25 2007, 04:37 PM, said:

It is spelled Städeli, or in English, Staedeli, which would mean it is pronounced stay duh lee.

I thought it was pronounced st ah duh lee ??? well maybe thats how you pronounce it in idaho.

[Snoqualmie guy]

I've always prounced Yan how it's spelled.

[skierdude9450]

SVmech17, on May 25 2007, 06:49 PM, said:

I thought it was pronounced st ah duh lee ??? well maybe thats how you pronounce it in idaho.

That would be the Americanized way to pronounce it. Which, if you write it out Stadeli, you're likely to say as stah duh lee. The ä (with the dots) makes an ay sound, making stay duh lee. So, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it is commonly pronounced stah duh lee. That's my language lesson for today.

[Snoqualmie guy]

The way I said POMA was the first time I watched a Warren Miller film. He said it with short O sound or PO-MA.

[skier14]

skierdude9450, on May 25 2007, 08:49 PM, said:

That would be the Americanized way to pronounce it. Which, if you write it out Stadeli, you're likely to say as stah duh lee. The ä (with the dots) makes an ay sound, making stay duh lee. So, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it is commonly pronounced stah duh lee. That's my language lesson for today.

i learn something new everyday. thanks for the lesson.

[EagleAce]

our mechanics 'corrected' me for pronouncing Yan like "ban". It's more like "yawn". Speaking of Staedeli, our handle tow was made by them.

This post has been edited by EagleAce: 26 May 2007 - 08:00 PM

[liftmech]

The 'J' in most European languages is pronounced like the english 'Y', and Janek was the guy's first name. He spelled his lift name that way because (so far as I've heard) us American types would mispronounce it if it were spelled 'Jan'.