[Ads-l] Trivago or Chivago?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Apr 19 00:43:14 UTC 2017


Now they have a new spokesperson, possibly Australian.

She clearly says "Chivago."  (Or "Tschivago," if you want to be technical
without getting technical.)

JL

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The spokesman has recently normalized his pronunciation to "Trivago."
> >
>
> I've noticed that, too. But _Doctor Zhivago_ is immediately brought to
> mind, nevertheless.
>
>
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> -Wilson
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