Scirocco Central

This is a bit like one of those Gif and Jif questions

How do you pronounce scirocco?

I've heard SHirocco and sEErocco.

Is one right and one wrong?

I say SHirocco myself.

All the original '74 water-cooled VWs were named after winds! (Polo, Golf, Passat, Scirocco)

As the scirocco wind affects southern Italy, I'd assume an italian pronunciation.

so shirokko

Everyone at my work seems to call it a sEErocco. I've always called it a SHIrocco.

It seems to come from Italian and Greek origins. Any of our members from that part of the world like to shed any light on the pronunciation?

SHHH -ROC - O

Midlife

Many people at my work pronounce it SCirocco. I have been varying between this and SHirocco.

The German pronunciation is SHirocco

Clearly I'm the only one here pronouncing it the way I do: si-RO-koh, with the "si" sound identical to the "si" in "sit" rather than the alternatives here, which frankly sound bizarre to me, "see" as in "(take a..) seat".

I seem to recall the Mk 1 & 2 models were always call SI_rocco - which is what I've bee calling the current model. However I have noticed that most of the VW dealers and other staff are calling it SHI_rocco. Maybe there has been an edict from head office at VW instructing staff on their preferred pronunciation.
Looking for definitions on the web gives "n. hot dry wind originating in the Sahara and blowing across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe " - not particularly Italian then.
However most pronunciations offered on the web go for the SHI_rocco option. But there is an alternative spelling of Sirocco.
Personally I say SI_ence (Science); SI_ssors (Scissors) so its SI_rocco.

I say Sir Rocco lol

but I think its supposed to be pronounced http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scirocco

hama wrote:Clearly I'm the only one here pronouncing it the way I do: si-RO-koh, with the "si" sound identical to the "si" in "sit" rather than the alternatives here, which frankly sound bizarre to me, "see" as in "(take a..) seat".

Same as me then

owen316 wrote:

hama wrote:Clearly I'm the only one here pronouncing it the way I do: si-RO-koh, with the "si" sound identical to the "si" in "sit" rather than the alternatives here, which frankly sound bizarre to me, "see" as in "(take a..) seat".

Same as me then

And me. Sirokko

If I see one shoot by when I'm out it's Sirokko...ko....ko as in Ulrika...ka...ka

CTRnutter wrote:I say Sir Rocco lol

but I think its supposed to be pronounced http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scirocco

Think I was closest then rofl

i am sure Evil Derboy has modified the pronounciation to include '####ing b##tard' in there given his woes

hi guys, im'italian, it pronounces scirocco, with the italian sc, i believe it's difficult for you english guys to pronounce it well...but probably the easyest way for u is to say sherocco....

I say "My precious" like Gollem in the Lord of the Rings.....
no, i always pronounced SI-ROCCO, but it looks like it should be SHI-ROCCO.... that's what I'm told.

Kat

i hear alot of people callin it SIRocco but i call it SHIRocco and others call it that white vw over there

filo1908 wrote:hi guys, im'italian, it pronounces scirocco, with the italian sc, i believe it's difficult for you english guys to pronounce it well...but probably the easyest way for u is to say sherocco....

OK as you may the defining authority on this are there any other Italian words beginning with "SCI" that we might be familiar with and can use as a guide ?

Mind you as a scirocco is a warm wind from the Sahara we might be better off asking some Bedouin tribesman for a definitive answer

Way back when i was considering the purchase of a MkII Scirocco, the only way I every heard it pronounced was Si-Rocco, and often the 'i' was very subtle, sounding more like Sss-rocco.

But I agree, I've heard a large percentage of people (but still not a majority!) pronounce it Shu-rocco.

As long as people don't point at mouth 'Golf' I'm not bothered

Perhaps the best new number plate would be. .. SH09 OCO.....

Italian origin or not I'm going to pronounce it like a good old Brit! How many people pronounce Bolognese properly?!

S-rocco with a hard S for me, kind of like the way I'd pronounce 'suppress' (S-press). Sirocco at a push (incidentally, the alternative spelling of the wind)

Or, if you want to be anal: sɪ̈ (ə)'rɒ,kəʊ