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I hadn't thought about it, but that is interesting. Of course the E before R is going to sound like the R, but the other two are different as well, with the middle one being pronounced like a long A sound.
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"Emil Jellinek, an Austrian automobile entrepreneur who worked with Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, created the trademark in 1902, naming the 1901 Mercedes 35 hp after his daughter Mercedes Jellinek."
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From what I read, it is a Spanish word but the pronunciation may have changed.
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merced is the Spanish word for mercy. Mercedes is then mercies (plural).
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I suppose that the "different" e's occur in American English?
One could argue that it is also the case in the original German, but the difference between the first and third e is not that strong and depends on the dialect / origin of the speaker. Jellinek's daughter was officially called Mercédès. The accents tell how it is supposed to be pronounced :-)
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I have usually heard it said as "Mer say dees".
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Mer as mare with the r pronounced
Ce as say
Des pronounced like mess
At least that is how it is pronounced here. In German ce would be tsay.
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Ok. I will amend mine
"Mur say dees"
Mur - rhymes with fur - the animal hair
dees - rhymes with bees the insects
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""Mur say dees""
It is a strange nature of the English language that when the letter E is followed by a letter R, the letter E is not really pronounced. There is one mere exception I can think of.
All the other vowels are pronounced such as: Mantle, Miracle, Mortuary, Mural.
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A near sounding word is Myrrh. But we have New England folks that like to add an "r" sound to the end of words.
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My French Canadian friend cannot say wasps. Whenever she tries, it comes out as wops. Hilarious to watch her try, but I wouldn't recommend she try it in little Italy.
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Pronounce it however you want, the one in my garage sure runs good
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Ever notice that Mercedes has 3 "e"s, all pronounced differently?
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I hadn't thought about it, but that is interesting. Of course the E before R is going to sound like the R, but the other two are different as well, with the middle one being pronounced like a long A sound.
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09:31:30am
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"Emil Jellinek, an Austrian automobile entrepreneur who worked with Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, created the trademark in 1902, naming the 1901 Mercedes 35 hp after his daughter Mercedes Jellinek."
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From what I read, it is a Spanish word but the pronunciation may have changed.
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merced is the Spanish word for mercy. Mercedes is then mercies (plural).
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I suppose that the "different" e's occur in American English?
One could argue that it is also the case in the original German, but the difference between the first and third e is not that strong and depends on the dialect / origin of the speaker. Jellinek's daughter was officially called Mercédès. The accents tell how it is supposed to be pronounced :-)
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I have usually heard it said as "Mer say dees".
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Mer as mare with the r pronounced
Ce as say
Des pronounced like mess
At least that is how it is pronounced here. In German ce would be tsay.
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Ok. I will amend mine
"Mur say dees"
Mur - rhymes with fur - the animal hair
dees - rhymes with bees the insects
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re: Mercedes
""Mur say dees""
It is a strange nature of the English language that when the letter E is followed by a letter R, the letter E is not really pronounced. There is one mere exception I can think of.
All the other vowels are pronounced such as: Mantle, Miracle, Mortuary, Mural.
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re: Mercedes
A near sounding word is Myrrh. But we have New England folks that like to add an "r" sound to the end of words.
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My French Canadian friend cannot say wasps. Whenever she tries, it comes out as wops. Hilarious to watch her try, but I wouldn't recommend she try it in little Italy.
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Pronounce it however you want, the one in my garage sure runs good
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