How Do You Pronounce " Dorade "

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by steve77

Door - aid? Door - ahd? Some other pronounciation?

Personally I go with "DOOR RAD". Though I can't ever recall it coming up in a conversation. Most of the time it's talk about engines and heads!

[Vamonos]

.... and how about Key vs Cay vs Quay?

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by steve77

Just like it's spelled. f'c'st'l

you beat me to it - darn.

[Tellie]

Originally Posted by s/v Breakaway

Avb3, I think it might have been the box with the baffle in it to stop water intrusion that was Olin Stephens' contribution to the ventilation device, not the cowls seen in the picture above.

You mean "cow wells"?

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by Vamonos

.... and how about Key vs Cay vs Quay?

Too easy.....dunno why some of you folks have such difficulty .

One for the Anglos........Beaulieu......

[Nicholson58]

I always heard it duh-rod' accent on the second. Outlook hasn't a clue. I did a look-up. I was wrong.

Latitude 38 Letters - April 2000


What is the proper pronunciation of the word 'dorade'? I've heard two different versions, but don¹t know the historical context by which to determine the correct one. The first is pronounced do-RAH-dee š like the fish 'dorado', but with a different vowel ending. The second is pronounced DOH-rade š as in 'do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do'. Until we know which is right, we'll have to call it the 'water proof air scoop'.
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Scott š The second pronunciation is the correct one. The term comes from the vents on Dorade, the skinny 52-foot yawl that won the 1931 TransAtlantic and Fastnet races, thereby catapulting Sparkman & Stephens to the forefront of yacht design for the next half-century. By the way, dorade vents are considered passe now on luxury yachts, their reason for existing having been replaced by š how gross! š air conditioning.



History | Dorade Profile of Olin Stephens

[Hillbillylad]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

As it's spelt?

Now lets try..............Bouy .

HEHEHE !!!! I always snicker when I hear booeee

[Ex-Calif]

Originally Posted by steve77

Door - aid? Door - ahd? Some other pronounciation?

Deck vent...

[avb3]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

Too easy.....dunno why some of you folks have such difficulty .

One for the Anglos........Beaulieu......

Either can be pronounced as "bow-low" or "beau" ( as in Beauty) and "lew".

Sorry, come from that bilingual country of Canada. Yeah, it's true, our Quebec french can't be understood by the Parisian speakers, but it is ours, eh?

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Ex-Calif

Deck vent...

Try getting a Kiwi to say that one

[Bloodhound]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

As it's spelt?

Now lets try..............Bouy .

When it's spelled correcty, buoy is pronounced boy, just like the wee laddie at school. But here in Amerikay, the Yanks pronounce it boo-wee, which is what you do when frightened by the boo.

[Bloodhound]

Originally Posted by Uncle Bob

Try getting a Kiwi to say that one

Hillarious...

[Bloodhound]

Originally Posted by s/v Breakaway

Avb3, I think it might have been the box with the baffle in it to stop water intrusion that was Olin Stephens' contribution to the ventilation device, not the cowls seen in the picture above.

Thank-you Breakaway, that was my take, too. The beautifully shaped metal "scoops" I would call cowls and the dorades are the boxes on which they're mounted and which serve to separate (one hopes) water from air before the air flows below (at least for for cowl opening facing into the wind). Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by Bloodhound

When it's spelled correcty, buoy is pronounced boy, just like the wee laddie at school. But here in Amerikay, the Yanks pronounce it boo-wee, which is what you do when frightened by the boo.

Naah! its like the knife and the guy that was famous for it.

[ozskipper]

Down under its Dorr Ahd , Or Phonetically- Dorrard!. Which stands to reason given its french roots. Then again a root means something completely different down here. (not going there!!)