Pronunciation of "lavalier"
Henry C-G
Everyone I know pronounces it a different way: some say it like a french
word, while others pronounce it as an English word, and it's driving me
crazy!
-Henry C-G
ChuxGarage
Lava-leer
Jim Kollens
Everyone I know pronounces it a different way: some say it like a french
word, while others pronounce it as an English word, and it's driving me
crazy! >>
n-e-w-m-a-n (sorry, couldn't help that). I dunno, I pronounce it:
lah'-vah-leer' with the main accent on the final syllable (or do you say
sih-lah'-bill?).
tirrell payton
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Ron Charles
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area242
Clip-On-Mike (phonetic...I know it's mic...so don't start)
:-P
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Engineer
It's "la - va - lee - ay", from the french.
Cheers,
Roger
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Jim Kollens
Grrrrrrrrrrrr! Wuff! Wuff!
P.S. You ought to move down here to the States, you'd really like it! It's
great! Nobody even thinks down here!
Eric Griffin
"la-va-LEER", rhyming with "Cavalier," which is not pronounced
"kah-vah-lee-eh."
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George Gleason
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lav-a-leer
George
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> or:
> Clip-On-Mike (phonetic...I know it's mic...so don't start)
> :-P
>> > > Can someone please phonetically spell out "lavalier" as in the mic?
>> > > Everyone I know pronounces it a different way: some say it like a
>> > > french word, while others pronounce it as an English word, and
>> > > it's driving me crazy!
Whassamatta? Nobody here own a dictionary? It's not a French
word, it's an English word. It is pronounced lav A leer. With
the accent on the "a". And BZZZZZT WRONG! Is NOT a "clip-on-mic".
A Lavalier is a pendant with a chain worn around the neck. Jewelry,
dig? Hence a "lavalier mic" is a chain that goes around the neck
and the microphone is the pendant. In this crowd that is an SM57 of
course!
You guys need to get out more.
Benj
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Mark T. Wieczorek
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> "la-va-LEER", rhyming with "Cavalier," which is not pronounced
> "kah-vah-lee-eh."
That's the best one I've heard yet. Like Cavalier. That's how my college
professors pronounced it. Lah Vuh Leer.
Regards,
Mark
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Johnston West
> Roger Jones: << Friends don't let friends vote Liberal >>
Ha Ha! ....... that's a mis-print fuhrer sure!
As is this ..... http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
<< Friends don't let friends vote conservative >>
J_West
William Sommerwerck
> a French word, it's an English word. It is pronounced
> lav A leer. With the accent on the "a".
Your definition exactly matches the Encarta definition, which indicates that the
principal stress is on the last syllable, not the first.
If Encarta is correct, the word is indeed French, derived from Louise de la
Valiere's name.
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Erwin Timmerman
Since there seems no general concensus I suggest an entirely new
pronunciation:
Lava-liar, someone who lies about lava.
:-)
Erwin Timmerman
Eric Toline
FWIW: Regardless of the correct pronunciation, film & video sound mixers
refer to them as lavs.
Eric
Claude Corbeil
Louise de La Vallière, Sun King's mistress who was often seen wearing it.
The "lavalière" or "lavalière tie" was very popular amongst French artists,
writers and musicians at the end of XIX century. The pronounciation à la
française is la-val-yay. Someone here suggested a pronounciation like
"cavalier", witch makes a lot of sense.
Claude Corbeil
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William Balmer
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Like many other words it is French in origin but has been Americanized (at
least in the US, other places differ, including Canada, in which French is
more pervasive), thus LAV-uh-LEER. I live in Illinois, which used to be
EE-en-WAH. And Detroit was Day-TWAH. So regardless of how you say it, you
are no more right or wrong than the next guy. You're just showing your
background/up-bringing/preference. Sorry, but even in language there are
shades of grey (or is that gray?). Get used to it, or do as some others do
and call them body mikes (which DOES eliminate the previously discussed
lavalier/lapel mic confusion).
Bill Balmer
Richard Crowley
"lä-v&-'lir, or "la-v&-'lir
If you go to www.m-w.com you can hear the word pronounced
(and see the pronunciation guide for the weird symbols.)
It is true that the original lavaliere mic was the size of half a
hot-dog and hung around the neck with a cloth cord. But now
that they are the size of the tip of your little finger, easier to
just clip (or pin) on the user. But the original name remains
(much like many other examples in the English language.)
Michael Drainer
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Charles Thomas
"area242" <are...@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:
> I concure...LAVA-LEER
Yeah, but is the "a" in "lav" like the "a" in "have"
or is it like the "o" in "mob"?
I say the first is more common...
"lav" rhymes with "have" a-leer.
But some use lah-va-leer.
CT
P Stamler
used "lavaliere" as a euphemism for "penis". Just thought you'd like to know.
Peace,
Paul
"Make Lav Not War"
Steve O'Neill
ending in eh. So the Americanized spelling has clarified the pronunciation.
Mike Rivers
Since it isn't really a French word any more, I think we have to
accept the common "Lav-uh-leer"
Now how do you pronounce Lavigne, as in April? Same as "Levine?"
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Lorin David Schultz
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> Now how do you pronounce Lavigne, as in April? Same as "Levine?"
It's actually "Avril," not April, and her last name is pronounced
"brat."
But seriously, it's what you said 'cept the first syllable is Lah rather
than Leh.
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Mike Rivers
> It's actually "Avril," not April, and her last name is pronounced
> "brat."
Some people have great imagination when making up names. She's
probably really Alice Levine, from Joizey.
L David Matheny
>
> In article <8CsRa.1372$46.2...@news2.telusplanet.net> LSch...@ctv.ca writes:
>
> > It's actually "Avril," not April, and her last name is pronounced
> > "brat."
>
> Some people have great imagination when making up names.
> She's probably really Alice Levine, from Joizey.
>
And if she says it's pronounced La-VEEN, who can say otherwise?
NewYorkDave
"lapel mics", but nearly everyone has taken to calling them "lavs" or
lavalieres. I don't think a real lavaliere mic has been seen on
television since the '50s or '60s. When I think of a real lav, I think
of Buddy Holly on Ed Sullivan.
Michael Drainer
tread to go on for days!
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> Can someone please phonetically spell out "lavalier" as in the mic?
> Everyone I know pronounces it a different way: some say it like a french
> word, while others pronounce it as an English word, and it's driving me
> crazy!
>
> -Henry C-G
>
>
>
Scott Dorsey
C&H Surplus has real EV 637 lav mikes in stock! In the original packaging,
although the XLR connector has been weirdly wired for some government
contract job.
They are like huge pendants hanging around your neck. I am using one
this week on a fake documentary film about UFOs. They look and sound
just perfect for the job.
I think you can see a 637 in some of the "TV footage" sections in Woody
Allen's _Take the Money and Run_ but there are also some others done with
RCA pendant mikes.
--scott
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Charles Tomaras
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> C&H Surplus has real EV 637 lav mikes in stock! In the original
packaging,
> although the XLR connector has been weirdly wired for some government
> contract job.
Scott,
I can't find them on the C&H Surplus online store. Do you have a link to a
page where they are listed on thier site? How much did you pay?
Charles Tomaras
Seattle, WA
Scott Dorsey
>packaging,
>> although the XLR connector has been weirdly wired for some government
>> contract job.
>
>page where they are listed on thier site? How much did you pay?
No, but they are in the paper catalogue. I think I paid $20 each.
Give them a phone call.
Charles Tomaras
> Charles Tomaras <tom...@tomaras.com> wrote:
> >"Scott Dorsey" <klu...@panix.com> wrote in message
> >> C&H Surplus has real EV 637 lav mikes in stock! In the original
> >packaging,
> >> although the XLR connector has been weirdly wired for some government
> >> contract job.
> >
> >I can't find them on the C&H Surplus online store. Do you have a link to
a
> >page where they are listed on thier site? How much did you pay?
>
> No, but they are in the paper catalogue. I think I paid $20 each.
> Give them a phone call.
> --scott
Are they packaged as new? Might be a nice gag-like Christmas gift this year
for my sound friends who will be reading this and now know what they are
getting.
Scott Dorsey
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>> Charles Tomaras <tom...@tomaras.com> wrote:
>> >"Scott Dorsey" <klu...@panix.com> wrote in message
>> >> C&H Surplus has real EV 637 lav mikes in stock! In the original
>> >packaging,
>> >> although the XLR connector has been weirdly wired for some government
>> >> contract job.
>> >
>> >I can't find them on the C&H Surplus online store. Do you have a link to
>a
>> >page where they are listed on thier site? How much did you pay?
>>
>> No, but they are in the paper catalogue. I think I paid $20 each.
>> Give them a phone call.
>
>for my sound friends who will be reading this and now know what they are
They are packaged in sealed brown plastic envelopes with government
inspection stickers on them, like a lot of surplus components.
No nifty EV boxes.
Sugarite
> Now how do you pronounce Lavigne, as in April? Same as "Levine?"
Avril Lavigne is clearly a french name, with accents on the second syllables
of both names, "ah-VRIL la-VINN" I'm from 20 minutes outside her hometown,
I guess that's a qualifying characteristic... Myself I prefer Aspirin
Lavigney.