Been dieing to ask this, but was afraid...

[davekelly]

Nothing to be afraid of! Now that I know the proper way to pronounce facia, I don't have to use my other ways to pronounce that word - "trim" "edging" "border" "wood thingie that makes the edge of the layout look nice."

The proper pronouciation (sp?) of words can be fun. I remember when I first moved to Virginia way back when, a friend's wife was all excited about a furniture store having a sale on "bedroom suites." I couldn't figure out why a furniture store would be selling pajamas. Of course she couldn't figure out why a furniture store where I was from would be selling bedroom chocolates.

Of course there is the age old question "po tay tow" or "po ta tow."

[tstage]

HD,

LOVE the profile name!!! [(-D][(-D] Quite clever!! [:)]

Tom

[AntonioFP45]

Never be afraid to ask train related questions on here, guy! NOBODY on this forum was born knowing anything about trains!

Cheers![:D][:D][8D][swg]

[HoosierDaddy]

I'll take a stab at it. Wye is pronounced just like why, or Y. I don't know why WYE isn't spelled like Y since it probably got its name from the shape of the turnout. As for fascia, it is pronounced fay'-sha and rhymes with Geisha as in Geisha girl.

HD

I see Tom beat me to the reply, and as I suspected, there are going to be differences in how fascia is pronounced. So pick one, Fa-she-a or Fay-sha whichever sounds better to you and I won't laugh when you say it.

[tstage]

bcauldwell,

Wye is pronounced just like the letter "Y". Fascia would be pronounced like "Fa-she-a": Fa as in "Fat", accent on the "Fa". That'll be five cents, please.

Tom

[Anonymous]

I'm kinda new to MR'ing and I live in constant fear that one day I will meet another MR'er and be forced to pronounce wye, and fascia, and looking like a complete idiot lol.

So how do you pronounce WYE and FASCIA?