I say, could you please tell me...

[DeeDub]

...how to pronounce Savile Row? (Mind you, I think I can handle the second word. )

I've only seen it in print, never heard it said. I've been looking around the 'net, but can't find anything.

My assumption has been, sah-VEEL. (ah in place of schwa, that is.)

 

[Elaina]

I may be wrong, but I've always heard and pronounced it as "Suh-vill", occasionally I hear "Sah-vill"

 

[RAF Man]

In UK it's just prounced very quickly, as Savil, with no emphasis on any syllable and certainly without spliting the word up into two.

 

[dhermann1]

Almost more or less rhymes with SADDLE.

 

[ShooShooBaby]

i will never be able to say it any other way than how it's sung in "you're never fully dressed without a smile." it has to be the same rhythm, too! lol

 

[Dixon Cannon]

1972. I was walking down New Bond Street in London. I stopped and asked a doorman standing in front of a pricey store how I could find 'Suf-ill' Row. He promptly corrected me, asking "Do you mean 'Salve-ul' Row.?" Oh. Yes. That's exactly what I mean.

Since that day I've always referred to it as Savile Row. Especially #3. A very historic location!

-dixon cannon

 

[Trampilot]

*barges in*

"Oi! 'oim inglish an ay ken speak propah.."

Correct pro is: Savill Row (rhyming with low). However different accents in England may make it sound more like "Savull Row".

 

[Samsa]

Watch "Withnail & I" for details on correct pronunciation. One of my favorite scenes in that movie...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Watch "Withnail & I" for details on correct pronunciation.

A great movie!

While you're at it, watch "The Loved One." Then watch it again. :eusa_clap

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[skwerl-hat]

funny this should come up. i was just talking to an older british gentleman yesterday and i mentioned that i'd gotten a seville row suit and he quickly corrected me and said its pronounced savil

 

[Marq]

...how to pronounce Savile Row? (Mind you, I think I can handle the second word. )

I've only seen it in print, never heard it said. I've been looking around the 'net, but can't find anything.

My assumption has been, sah-VEEL. (ah in place of schwa, that is.)

No it is pronounced Sav-all row but really fast.I should know i'm a cockney and all that born in Bow within the sound of Bow bells...........Paul

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Ya main "sahvvuw r?§oo", roight?

 

[RedPop4]

I MUST hijack this thread for a few posts.
I see a few Britons on this post, including a true Cockney. What football club does a TRUE Cockney support? And the rest of you?

Yes, I know. fftopic:
Thanks to all for their patience with my boorish, yobbish ways.
My apologies.

 

[Marq]

we don't have our own football team but i suppose Tottenham hotspurs would be the nearest.I'm one of the only Brits that ain't into football or sport lol................Paul

 

[RedPop4]

That's not the case, exactly. My organ-builder is from Teeside and isn't into football. He enjoys motorsport which appeals to his sense of the mechanical seeing he builds pipe organs for a living.

 

[Trampilot]

we don't have our own football team but i suppose Tottenham hotspurs would be the nearest.I'm one of the only Brits that ain't into football or sport lol................Paul

SPURS!!! West Ham United is the THE ONLY "cockney" football team... however I note you aren't interested in football so Spurs will do fine for you... Apologies to everyone who doesn't understand what I'm talking about and I won't mention it again. Anyway I don't live far from Bow and I'm not even a West Ham supporter!

Welcome aboard Paul!

 

[RedPop4]

SPURS!!! West Ham United is the THE ONLY "cockney" football team... however I note you aren't interested in football so Spurs will do fine for you... Apologies to everyone who doesn't understand what I'm talking about and I won't mention it again. Anyway I don't live far from Bow and I'm not even a West Ham supporter!

Welcome aboard Paul!

lol lol lol lol lol
Heck, Irons even have a YANK!!!!! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[DeeDub]

That's What I Like About the Lounge

The natural segues from one topic to another.


Just like a real conversation.

:eusa_clap

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Liverpool FC! You'll Never Walk Alone, mate!

cheers
dixon cannon

... and once again that pronunciation is like Salve and ul! You can't go wrong!