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« on: February 05, 2011, 07:12 AM »
OK, this may seem a little silly, but how do you pronounce their names?  Embarassed Especially Granat and Vlies ...

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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 07:41 AM »
I'm not sure how they SHOULD be pronounced, but personally I've been pronouncing Granat like the rock with the similarly-spelled name, and Vlies like Flies with a different first letter...

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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 08:44 AM »
Granat is more or less pronounced like the word Granite as previous poster said, with the difference that both a's sound like a long a like in the word Aperture instead of a short a like in the word Against.

Vlies is pronounced exactly like the word Fleece, you know, the fabric.
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2011, 12:18 PM »
Granat = Gran-not
Vlies = Fleece (http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#auto|en|vlies)
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2012, 01:17 AM »
I was curious about the pronunciations recently since hearing Granat pronounced several ways.  Remembered Shane's post and also found this on the web.  Listen to the audio under "Polish" and "Pronunciation".

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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2012, 02:00 AM »
I get corrected locally on Granat ... it sound something like Granaaat when Rod at Northern Abrasives says it.
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