Pronunciation Please

[RichardCory]

I've heard Che's name pronounced about thirty different ways (Shay, Chay, Kay) (Gay-vah-rah, Gway-vair-uh) What is the right way to say it?

[AC-Socialist]

the hispanic pronounciation is

shay ger-var-a

some guy i told, next minuite he was talking about the 'Shaig of Aria!!!!!'

[EneME]

Think we've gone through this before....
Being from Latin America...I've heard it said as "tch-eh...gweh-vah-rah"

[SittingBull47]

i downloaded a song by the buena vista social club (hasta siempre comandante Che Guevara) and they pronounce it "Chay Gua-vahr-a"
I've heard it pronounced in the states "Chay "Gua vara". I take to the latter.

[Essential Insignificance]

I have predominately pronounced it "Chay" and I’ve heard many of the older generation refer to his as "shay" …its your prerogative to what you wish to call him, I guess.

[Wiesty]

o that buena vista song, thats actually pretty cool, its live.
The way most people in mags, bios in our language prenounce it is Che (Chay)
Guevara (Geyvara)

put i use to say Shay Guevara (Gwevera) which sounds cool it has a nice ring to him sound more heroic.

[Kurai Tsuki]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2004, 11:14 PM
I've heard Che's name pronounced about thirty different ways (Shay, Chay, Kay) (Gay-vah-rah, Gway-vair-uh) What is the right way to say it?
Whatever you do, don't pronouce it as Ga-Verra. It's Cheh (not Sheh) Ge-Vah-Rah.

[Latin American Socialist]

its Ch-e Ge-vah-rah. Some people people pronounce it Chay-Gwe-vare-ah, but thats just los gringos.

[Knowledge 6 6 6]

'Che' is a word for 'friend'...just find out how u pronounce that word, and you're set.

His name WAS Ernesto for those that dont remember, lol. He just used to say 'Che' alot...hence the name was given to him.

[Poser]

Yeah he had a habit of starting almost every sentence with "Che"

[Poderosa]

Originally posted by Knowledge 6 6 [email protected] 4 2004, 12:15 AM
'Che' is a word for 'friend'...just find out how u pronounce that word, and you're set.


Apparently, the word "Che" is used in Argentina the same way us Brits use "yer know" or "innit".

This subject is getting very boring

[BOZG]

I think it's the equivolent of saying "man" at the end or start of a sentence.

[DORRI]

I confused! :huh:
why he was che?does it mean "friend" or did he use the word a lot?
and listen to this one:"cheguara" and "chegvara"(as one word) are common here.

[BOZG]

He would say Che all the time at the end of sentences, so his friends nicknamed him "Che" and it stuck.

[Don't Change Your Name]

I'll tell you the best way of saying "Che":
As you may have noticed there's a new member here called ThatCHEr. Well, think about saying thatcher without the that- and the -r.
I hope you understand.

[Wiesty]

Originally posted by Knowledge 6 6 [email protected] 4 2004, 12:15 AM
'Che' is a word for 'friend'...just find out how u pronounce that word, and you're set.

His name WAS Ernesto for those that dont remember, lol. He just used to say 'Che' alot...hence the name was given to him.
yea i read that
Che was a local slang for Bud or Pal

[nicolas_c]

Kurai is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT... It's not Shay, "cheh" "ge-va-ra" just like that. Please for the love of GOD do not pronounce it "gua-vay-ra" that's a big ear-sore for those of us who know. :blink:

[emmissary]

Pronounce "Re-vo-lu-tion".

[Kurai Tsuki]

Maybe someday mainstream America will stop mutilating the pronunciations of non-American words <_<

[h&s]

Maybe someday mainstream America will stop mutilating the pronunciations of non-American words
Maybe someday they will stop mutilating the pronunciations and spellings of English words too.

[DGuevara]

People, My name is Daniel Guevara.
I was born in Guatemala, but i live near Atlanta, GA.
I&#39;ve lived here in the US for over 11 years and i can really count with my fingers the few people that ever say my last name correct for the first time.
I wrestled in highschool and everyone always pronounced my name Wuevera, which kinda got anoying after a while that i stoped correcting them. I even had my counch mispelled a trophy once as Guevera.
Anyways, the spanish way to say Che Guevara is, well for the Che part, think Chair and take out the -ir at the end which still sounds like -e at the end. And the Guevara, well simply don&#39;t think of the -U just ignore it, and think Ge-va-ra, well i&#39;m not sure if that helps.

[Kurai Tsuki]

I know what you mean..my first name&#39;s Abdallah, and most people can&#39;t say it right the first time either. Even in somes cases where they read it.

Names I have been mistakenly called
Abdual
Abdulla
Abdella
Dolla
Dollar (ok, this one was a kid, so i guess it&#39;s okay.)

Names I have been intentionally called

Abdadula Ablongada
Abu
Abubu

[Agustina]

being fromm Argentina, and saying che every free words, lol, ill teach you.

Ch you pronounce in the same way us you do in english, like in chair

E: its like when you say hey, it has the same sound as that e

We pronounce it very strong, with a very strong E

And it doesnt really has a meaning, we just say it all the time. Like: hi che, what are you doing che.
We use it to call someones attention, you say che.
But mainly, we say it all the time cause we are used to do it