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10 October 2017, 09:23 AM | #31 |
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I say pah tek usually, but when I am feeling lazy I say pad eck lol.
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10 October 2017, 11:16 AM | #32 |
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I have always pronounced it "Pah-Tek" with the emphasis on the second syllable. However I remember someone at Geneva saying the emphasis is supposed to be on the first syllable.
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10 October 2017, 11:34 AM | #33 |
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I think most say them in two bunches, so 57-11, but I'm going to start saying 5-71-1. If someone says your own phone number back to you in a strange cluster you won't recognise it.
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Actually this was the reverse. I remember thinking TS pronounced it the American way with the consonant skipping, and I thought that sounded wrong and like a sop to English speakers. I'd be surprised if Antoni Patek didn't pronounce the T in his name, first and last.
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It’s annoying to hear people that are of means to own a Patek pronounce it such as Pateek, Padek, etc.
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I believe the same people who enquire about five thousand seven hundred elevens tend to drive Pors Chas.
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Thierry says it multiple times here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJG2PzaFPBI Sounds almost like "paddock" to me. Definitely Pad-ek not Pah-tek, although even he seems to pronounce it differently at times ...... |
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11 October 2017, 04:07 AM | #42 |
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What percent of Patek's customers speak French? In 2017, what percent speak English?
Is French still the working language of the company? |
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So, damn, I gotta say, as the OP, this is not quite as unanimous as I expected. I'm cool with pronouncing it roughly the way TS does.
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People with the last name Patek invariably pronounce it PA-tek, although it often sounds more like PA-deck, with the a sounding like the a in apple.
I've never heard anyone pronounce this name as pa-TEK except for people referring to the watch company and mispronouncing the name. |
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yeah but that is also what they say when you pronounce Patek wrong too... "sorry sir, not familiar with that particular brand".... now thats snobbish
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When I was at the museum in Geneva everyone pronounced it Pah Tek with emphasis on Tek Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Jean Claude Biver in the Hodinkee video pronounces Patek with the accent on the "a" and with an open "e" like in "trench".
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Patek is Polish.
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This is how NOT to pronounce it!! At one time he even says Phileep Pateek.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TkETF0OEXBI Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I always say "Pa-Tek" if that helps anyone
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27 October 2017, 02:59 AM | #55 |
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Pa-tek
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As long as you don't say Pah-teek, I will not judge
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