[Longeardgaloot]

...it suddenly occurred to me thta I've found a place to get an answer to a question that's been bothering me since 1984. Can someone here tell me how to properly pronounce "Biarritz" ??? I worked parking cars at a San Antonio Cadillac dealership back then, and I heard about 5 ways of pronouncing it, and in the meantime it's only gotten worse. It's almost been 30 years, can y'all help me out?

Thanks!

 

[cadillac kevin]

...it suddenly occurred to me thta I've found a place to get an answer to a question that's been bothering me since 1984. Can someone here tell me how to properly pronounce "Biarritz" ??? I worked parking cars at a San Antonio Cadillac dealership back then, and I heard about 5 ways of pronouncing it, and in the meantime it's only gotten worse. It's almost been 30 years, can y'all help me out?

Thanks!

I always pronounced it bare-ritz with the "R"s run together.

 

[talismandave]

I guess I have always heard it bar-rits as Kevin said, as if it was only one r.
(I think we described the same thing two different ways.)

I am sure there is also a "proper" way to pronounce it in it's original language, but this is how all people in the industry I have met pronounced it.

I will be interested in the responses too!

 

[CADforce69]

Here you can hear (click on the speaker icon) pronunciation in French and English: http://translate.google.es/?hl=es#auto/en/biarritz just as this gentleman says here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfiT81mxaE

 

[Bro-Ham]

Listen to hear how the folks at Cadillac pronounce it:

http://testdrivejunkie.com/1981-cadillac-eldorado-biarritz-dealer-promotional-training-video/

 

[CADforce69]

^Wow, this ad makes you wanna buy an 80 eldo even 32 years after :drool:

 

[cadillac kevin]

^Wow, this ad makes you wanna buy an 80 eldo even 32 years after :drool:

I'd love to own one. The 79-85 eldorados were sweet....mine would have to be a black biarrtz with bordello red leather interior and a big block under the hood (or at least not the 4100 ....oh, and "touring suspension." It has to have that.

 

[bigm57ict]

Nice video. Thanks for the link.
So, according to the video, it's pronounced buh-ritz

I'm glad you asked the question. I had wondered that as well.

 

[Longeardgaloot]

See, this is what the internet is for. Thanks, y'all!

 

[Fleet]

I haven't found "Biarritz" too hard to pronounce. I also pronounce it "buh-ritz."

What I find more complicated is "d'Elegance." I pronounce with the emphasis on the "d." Such as dee-elegance. I know of a Cadillac friend who pronounces it "Dela-ghance." I think that may be the European pronunciation, but not here in the U.S.

 

[talismandave]

^Wow, this ad makes you wanna buy an 80 eldo even 32 years after :drool:

It wouldn't take much in my case. I have loved them ever since I got to put some miles on a friend's 81 Biarritz years ago when it was new. Triple white with red dash and carpet, and the obligatory moonroof. I still have naughty dreams about that car.:yup:

 

[cadillac kevin]

It wouldn't take much in my case. I have loved them ever since I got to put some miles on a friend's 81 Biarritz years ago when it was new. Triple white with red dash and carpet, and the obligatory moonroof. I still have naughty dreams about that car.:yup:

Just like the one in the magazine ad back then....take you and your woman to the scenic view on the cliff

 

[Bro-Ham]

...What I find more complicated is "d'Elegance." I pronounce with the emphasis on the "d." Such as dee-elegance. I know of a Cadillac friend who pronounces it "Dela-ghance." I think that may be the European pronunciation, but not here in the U.S.

Watch this video at exactly 5:00 to hear the official Cadillac pronunciation of d'Elegance:

http://testdrivejunkie.com/1981-cadillac-fleetwood-brougham-manufacturer-promotional-video/

 

[CADforce69]

It wouldn't take much in my case. I have loved them ever since I got to put some miles on a friend's 81 Biarritz years ago when it was new. Triple white with red dash and carpet, and the obligatory moonroof. I still have naughty dreams about that car:yup:.

It really seems a car providing all the comfort and luxury of a full size cadillac in a personal car size. I guess it would be perfect for driving in Europe (If gas prices were a little lower :crying2: ). Nevertheless, it seems mileage improved with that engine.

 

[CaddyGas]

Well there is actually two ways of saying it. The first, which is the correct way, Myritz. The second a more casual is, Myritz.

Seriously I always pronounced it bir-ritz with the R's slightly together. Ant or aunt.

 

[Bro-Ham]

Well there is actually two ways of saying it. The first, which is the correct way, Myritz. The second a more casual is, Myritz.

Seriously I always pronounced it bir-ritz with the R's slightly together. Ant or aunt.

I think I somehow missed the Cadillac "Myritz" special edition.

 

[D Yaros]

Bee-uh-ritz

 

[orconn]

Listen to hear how the folks at Cadillac pronounce it:

http://testdrivejunkie.com/1981-cadillac-eldorado-biarritz-dealer-promotional-training-video/

I quess the guy listing his "life "list" of things he'd like to have thought the blond he was with was chopped liver. If I heard correctly, the guys from Cadillac pronounce "Biaritz" like "Berlitz." Obviously the schools GM's sophisticates attended didn't spend much money of French language instruction. Most people I know think Berlitz is an international language school. not a tony town in France. But I quess if you could afford a Biaritz as new car you could damn well call it anything you want. Although "Baritz" would probably impress those of a certain class or education.

For those who want to know the correct pronunciation of "Biaritz" it is Bee-ar- reet-z.

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I think I somehow missed the Cadillac "Myritz" special edition.

Yeah, me too! Although it is not inconceivabble the special edition "Myritz" was sold in some areas of souther Florida, or perhaps Beverly Hills!

 

[Fleet]

Watch this video at exactly 5:00 to hear the official Cadillac pronunciation of d'Elegance:

http://testdrivejunkie.com/1981-cadillac-fleetwood-brougham-manufacturer-promotional-video/

Sounds like that is the European pronunciation.

After all, the actress Beverly D'Angelo is not pronounced "Dan-angleo." Because of the apostrophe. (Or is it?)

 

[Bro-Ham]

Sounds like that is the European pronunciation.

After all, the actress Beverly D'Angelo is not pronounced "Dan-angleo." Because of the apostrophe. (Or is it?)

I would guess it is Ellis-Islandization.