[Ads-l] Trivago or Chivago?

[Jonathan Lighter]

The spokesman has recently normalized his pronunciation to "Trivago."

Meanwhile, I've begun to apply his earlier pronunciation to the name
of the appropriate presidential candidate.

JL

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Nancy Friedman <nancyf at wordworking.com> wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Berson [mailto:berson at ATT.NET]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:25 AM
> Subject: Trivago or Chivago?
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> Does anyone else hear the usual, frequent male spokesperson in Trivago =
> commercials pronounce it "chivago", as in "chicken"?=EF=BF=BD (With the =
> one or two women I've heard occasionally in their commercials, I hear =
> "trivago", as in "trick".)
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> I don't know whether it's my ears, my TVs, or the Trivago male.
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