Thanks,
Lee Devlin
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> Is it 'tag' as in price 'tag' or 'tog' as in...well... 'tog'. Also,
I've
>heard Heuer pronounced 'hyour' and also 'hoyer' (and on rare occasions,
>'whore' :-
It is a contraction of the name of the owners Techniques d'Avant Garde (Cutting
edge technology would be an English translation) So it is actually T.A.G.
pronouced Tee Ay Gee.
Heuer is as your second suggestion Hoyer.
Hope this helps.
Good luck
James
"Tis with our judgements as our watches:
None go just alike, yet each believes his own."
Alexander Pope (1688..1744)
In that case, since Techniques d'Avant Garde is a French-speaking Swiss
company, the pronunciation would be "TAY AH ZHAY" ... however, since
many corporations contract their name, and become known by the word the
acronym spells, the pronunciation (as the Swiss would pronounce it) would
be "TAHG".
> Heuer is as your second suggestion Hoyer.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Good luck
> James
>
> "Tis with our judgements as our watches:
> None go just alike, yet each believes his own."
> Alexander Pope (1688..1744)
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Lee, it all depends on who you are talking to and where you are. In
Germany Tag is the word for "today" but for the
watch it probably means the "style of today". The sirname
Heuer can be pronounced as hoy-ya. But in the South Eastern
United States, it's best to say "Taag Hee-wer".
Les Lesovsky in Alhambra, CA
Ciao
Kaylas