How is Embraer (the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer) pronounced? Embra-air?
I’ve always heard people pronounce it “Embray-air”.
Don’t know if that’s the official pronunciation or not.
The other pronunciation I’ve heard, and it may be more a matter of the accent of the Americans saying it is “EM-brair”, with the “brair” part rhyming with the usual pronunciation of the English words “air” or “rare”. The a and i sounds are not separated.
I have no clue how a genuine Brazilian says it.
O Embraer Frith!
My nephew is an Embraer mechanic, he pronounces it em-BRAY-air.
I’ve always heard it as “em-prayer”, with the P changed to a B.
paging Rashak Mani… (or any speaker of Brazilian Portugese)
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica, S.A.
(Brazilian Aeronautical Enterprises, Inc.)
We just need to figure out how Brazilian Portugese pronounces the “Aero” part, and we got it.
I’m hindered being Hispanophone rather than Lusophone, were it identical to Spanish it would go em-BRAH-er or em-brah-ER and it still would get mispronounced by anglophones. But that is useless here.
I have several friends who work there, and they all pronounce it “Embryair”.
But it’s probably not right, since it is Nashville we’re talking about, and they’re gonna southernize it some, I reckon.
I’ve always heard it as yoyodyne posted.
Can’t be bothered , usually i mentally call it embracer.
Declan
“Ugly” — nuff said.
The only way I’ve heard it pronounced in Aus and NZ is em-BRAY-a, with the last syllable being one of those non specific vowel sounds.
I generally call (and hear it called) Em-BRAY-er.
Then again, us New Englandahs apparently talk funny, or so I’ve been told.