Windjammer - how to pronounce?

[djs68]

Apologies for the potentially trivial question but I'm curious about this. I'm new to cruising and have heard Windjammer pronounced how it's written but also with a French inflection ("Windjamm-ere"). 

What is the correct way of saying it? 

Thanks!

 

[Lovetocruise2002]

Lol!  I believe the French inflection is all @Matt! 

 

[djs68]

Ah thanks! That's saved me from some odd looks when onboard.

[HeWhoWaits]

We can affirm that @djs68has been watching @Matt's videos and/or listening to podcasts.

2 hours ago, djs68 said:

Apologies for the potentially trivial question but I'm curious about this. I'm new to cruising and have heard Windjammer pronounced how it's written but also with a French inflection ("Windjamm-ere"). 

What is the correct way of saying it? 

Thanks!

42 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Lol!  I believe the French inflection is all @Matt! 

[FManke]

7 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Lol!  I believe the French inflection is all @Matt! 

 

Matt also likes to shop at Tar-zhay! 

[CruisingNewb]

LOL @djs68 I think as a new forum member, one of my first posts was the same question! 

Warning: If you start pronouncing things like MAtt does, you can't stop.  This applies to Windammer and CocoCay.

[djs68]

15 minutes ago, CruisingNewb said:

LOL @djs68 I think as a new forum member, one of my first posts was the same question! 

Warning: If you start pronouncing things like MAtt does, you can't stop.  This applies to Windammer and CocoCay.

Thanks @CruisingNewb glad it’s not just me! 

[smokeybandit]

1 hour ago, CruisingNewb said:

LOL @djs68 I think as a new forum member, one of my first posts was the same question! 

Warning: If you start pronouncing things like MAtt does, you can't stop.  This applies to Windammer and CocoCay.

At least "Cay" originally was pronounced as "Key" so he's got some method to his madness on that one.

[Ampurp85]

Ummm what's wrong with saying Tar-zhay?

[FManke]

1 hour ago, Ampurp85 said:

Ummm what's wrong with saying Tar-zhay?

uh, nothing.

[HeWhoWaits]

17 hours ago, FManke said:

Matt also likes to shop at Tar-zhay! 

Does he dine at Row-bair Tay-vons?

[ChessE4]

And on to Coco Cay, which should be "key" and doesn't rhyme with "day".  But in the end, everyone knows what you mean regardless of the pronunciation.  We all "err" some of the time. (And this isn't "air".)   Maybe words could be a trivia game?

[smokeybandit]

2 hours ago, ChessE4 said:

And on to Coco Cay, which should be "key" and doesn't rhyme with "day".  But in the end, everyone knows what you mean regardless of the pronunciation.  We all "err" some of the time. (And this isn't "air".)   Maybe words could be a trivia game?

Maybe we're all just pronouncing "day" incorrectly and it should be "dee!"

[rjac]

I thought it was pronounced "that really crowded place where you get pushed around a lot near the buffet lines".

[HeWhoWaits]

18 minutes ago, rjac said:

I thought it was pronounced "that really crowded place where you get pushed around a lot near the buffet lines".

The place with the "washy washy" lady.

[LovetoCruise87]

22 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said:

The place with the "washy washy" lady.

I love the "washy washy" lady

[Pooch]

7 hours ago, HeWhoWaits said:

Does he dine at Row-bair Tay-vons?

Ok I’ll bite ?????

[JEH106]

Windjammer - think of the breakfast condiment you spread on toast.

[AshleyDillo]

7 hours ago, Pooch said:

Ok I’ll bite ?????

Bob Evans

[Pooch]

Thanks!  Although I’ve heard of it, we don’t have any here in CT.  

[smokeybandit]

13 hours ago, JEH106 said:

Windjammer - think of the breakfast condiment you spread on toast.

That doesn't sound like mayonnaise

[Jolly Ogre]

On 5/12/2022 at 9:25 AM, ChessE4 said:

And on to Coco Cay, which should be "key" and doesn't rhyme with "day".  But in the end, everyone knows what you mean regardless of the pronunciation.  We all "err" some of the time. (And this isn't "air".)   Maybe words could be a trivia game?

Actually all the islands in the Caribbean and even in Florida are really Cays. The Americans call them keys but they should all be pronounced cay. But you say tomayto I say  tomahto. Same thing but different. It really does not matter in the end. As long as we are all happy and get along and have a nice cold beverage together.

[LovetoCruise87]

What you do when at the Windjammer is windjammin...eating to the beat!

[ChessE4]

5 hours ago, Jolly Ogre said:

Actually all the islands in the Caribbean and even in Florida are really Cays. The Americans call them keys but they should all be pronounced cay. But you say tomayto I say  tomahto. Same thing but different. It really does not matter in the end. As long as we are all happy and get along and have a nice cold beverage together.

True, I was quoting a crew member circa 2013, and then there are those Angela Lansbury "Murder She Wrote" episodes were "cay" is pronounced "key".   Never visited New England, so can't say it has a basis in fact.

[RWDW1204]

On 5/12/2022 at 9:25 AM, ChessE4 said:

And on to Coco Cay, which should be "key" and doesn't rhyme with "day".  But in the end, everyone knows what you mean regardless of the pronunciation.  We all "err" some of the time. (And this isn't "air".)   Maybe words could be a trivia game?

Agree with "key".

As did a lot of the internet, 

Cay is most often applied to Caribbean islands, the preferred pronunciation is “key”

But RC would have needed a different rhyming slogan than "Perfect Day at Coco Cay"

"Relaxing, stress-free at Coco Cay"?