Re: [CR] Ciocc, De Rosa photos posted

Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:54:16 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: "Classic Rendezvous (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Ciocc, De Rosa photos posted
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David Bean wrote:
> How does one correctly pronounce "Ciöcc?" Is it more-or-less "choke?"

I've heard "choech" is the proper pronunciation.
> And how do most people pronounce the name of the model?
>
> Moscow?
> Mosk-va?
> Mok-ba?

If you interpret the letters as Cyrillic, not Roman, the name MOCKBA refers to the city we call "Moscow" and is pronounced "moskva"

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-John "I took Russian -- long ago!" Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
   Appleton WI USA