rachel_s

just wondering -- how should the word "Fodor" be pronounced? Is it "Fah-door" with emphasis on the last syllable or "Fo-der" with emphasis on the first?

Scarlett

Foe Door
Fo long O sound, emphasis on Dor

annesherrod

Check out a similar thread from a few months ago. Scarlett is correct about the pronunciation.
I had mispronounced it forever, until I was gently correctd!!!!

Scarlett

Thanks Anne but I think it is actually FO long O and emphasis on the O...short DOOR...
FO dor
Yes, that is it...
Scar lett emphasis on the Scar~

Marilyn

Moi, I think it rhymes with "motor" if you pronounce the t softly.

Fo-DOORS would be the upscale version, like Tar-ZHAY, non?

Scarlett

Oui Marilyn mon cher, I was wrong the first time, it is more FOdors~
Foe dee doe doe

Marilyn

You know Anne and I had a 4-1/2 hour dinner in St. Louis and we spent at least 2 hours discussing the correct pronunciation of the f word.

cigalechanta

And I spent for and half hours ....

cigalechanta

four! *******

surfingmomma

I lovvvvvvvvve this site---what a laugh!!
surfingmomma

harzer

FYI Fodor is a Hungarian first name and means "curly-haired". It may be related to our name Theodore.

Harzer

Anonymous

There's actually a comment on the "About us" page right here on the web site, where they say, "it rhymes with motor." Which is to say, you can just drop the "F" -- it would also rhyme with odor.

http://www.fodors.com/about/us/ftp_about_roots.cfm

ira

Is the other firm pronounced

From (rhymes with prom) mers or
From (rhymes with from) mers?

Anonymous

Where I come from, from rhymes with prom.

rex

"From" rhymes with "prom"? Not in North America.

From rhymes with drum.
Prom rhymes with Tom.

I would readily acknowledge that for many English speakers in other parts of the world, from is a very close (if not an exact) rhyme with Tom.

I can see why a person might suggest the similarlity between Fodor and motor (because of the similar spelling) - - but the true rhyme that makes sense is "loader", in my mind - - for English speakers on either side of any of the great oceans.

Best wishes,

Rex

Anonymous

The "motor" rhyme was suggested by the Fodor's website themselves, but I agree that "loader" would probably be more accurate -- especially, why choose a word that has a "t" rather than a "d"?

I guess I should've been specific -- here in Boston, "from" rhymes with "prom" and not with "crumb."

Marilyn

Because, in fact, in the US anyway, we do not pronounce the "t" in "motor" very distinctly. It tends to come out like a "d."