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How to Pronounce "Recife"
I've heard people pronouncing the new gadget Recife a number of different ways, so I decided to do some research on my own. Turns out the gadget is named after a large city in Brazil, and the locals pronounce it something like this:
heh-SEE-fay
heh-SEE-fee (updated based on @theconnactic 's correction)
I'm sure many will continue to Anglicize it, but I just thought I'd share this geographic tidbit in case anyone wanted to share it with family and friends at the dinner table.
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Heh? See Fay do what?
Thanks for this because in my latest video I say ree sife, so when I do the Recife video next week I'll know how to say it properly
Looking on the web I am hearing and seeing it pronounced both ways.
https://www.howtopronounce.com/recife/
Actually, Doug, it was while watching your demo on YT that I thought I'd do a little reconnaissance on that pronunciation. Great demo! Looking forward to the Rosario demo as well.
You're sounding good!
Your original may in fact be correct.
Or like this according to Websters which has a pretty good record on such things.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Recife
I am leaning towards this pronunciation
Here I thought it was a Final Fantasy 15 reference.
"I have created a new recife!"
I honestly don't know for certain. What I did was go on YT and search out travel videos specifically to that city. From what I saw and heard, most were pronouncing it as "heh-SEE-fay."
I'm a New Englander, so I already butcher most words pretty nicely.
'For what we are about to Recife ....
Great, now I feel obliged to sample and slice that for my next track!
I have a hard time trusting Merriam-Webster. Here's how they pronounce my last name:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Messier
That's not how I pronounce it. I'll trust the natives.
I've always heard it said Cee-Fay at the end....
Call me whatever except for late for dinner, sticking with the dictionary for this one.
OK. I'll let my Brazilian friends know...
Aw, man. I had a meh-SEE-ay joke locked and loaded. No matter how it's pronounced, it will never be a beautiful as "Keith."
Only if they are making something tasty please.
Well shit. I was saying "REE-sighff," like it rhymed with beehive. (And I bet most of y'all wouldn't recognize "beehive" if ya heard me say it).
Learn something new every day on this here forum.
I thought it was pronounced to rhyme with recipe.
Given the ambiguous nature of the pronunciation does it really matter?
No matter what we each call it the result of its use will remain the same thankfully. Have at it and feel free to pronounce it how ever you like with my blessing.
Tomatoes or tomatos they still make a great Sandwich with Mayo.
This is my favorite mispronunciation, two thumbs up
Much obliged. Just don't ask me to say "Firenze."
Roughly Hey-SEE-fee. Try not to speak the "y" of "hey", and it will be perfect.
I'm Brazilian and actually lived in Recife when I was a kid.
Amazing what local slang can do to pronunciation. Just take a look at Leominster, or Worcester, Mass. for prime examples.
Places quite close to where I grew up. True story: For years as a kid, I had no idea what "cockies" were, though my parents used the word around the house every now and again. Just thought it was French-Canadian slang. It dawned on me when my dad handed my mom his car keys.
As for legit crazy-ass slang, look no further than Dorchester. I work with a guy who grew up there, and I'm amazed by their very unique lexicon. See if you can guess what a "KAY-bah" is.
I misread it as Recliff, which I prefer anyway so I'm going to call it that.
That new drum gadget is the actual name I believe.
Beer can (Jamaican for bacon)...
@theconnactic Anything you'd like to tell us about the music scene that developed in Recife and the Brazilian northeast? I know David Byrne lived up there for awhile, soaking it up. Maybe Paul Simon too. How is it different from the Rio/Sao Paolo forms of Brazilian music in the south?
Maybe we could learn why this city deserves to have a percussion virtual instrument named after it. It is a famous musical place.
Any other knowledgeable person can chime in. I don't mean to stick it on @theconnactic