Qu-Ax pronunciation?

General
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I’m sorry for not speaking French (it looks like a French word/company…), but I don’t know exactly how to pronounce this.

I think it should, by the looks of it, be pronounced in one of the following ways:

  • koo-ah
  • khoo-au (as in awe)
  • "Q" - ah
  • quacks

Am I close with any of these?

Help if you can; this is driving me nuts.

2

You need more important things to be nuts about. But I would like to know the answer to this too. The company is German. My guess is “Q-acks” but I really don’t know.

3

I say quax. Like a duck.

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Re: Qu-Ax pronunciation?

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:55:08 -0500, johnfoss
<johnfoss@NoEmail.Message.Poster.at.Unicyclist.com> wrote:

>
>You need more important things to be nuts about. But I would like to
>know the answer to this too. The company is German. My guess is
>“Q-acks” but I really don’t know.

Hi John!

As far as I know QU-AX was named after the dog of Mr. Becker, the
owner of the company. There is a german film “Quax der Bruchpilot”
from 1941 which could be the origin of the dog´s name.

In German QU-AX ist pronounced like “kwacks”

Frank

5

haha, i always thought it was pronounced “kwoo - axe”…

6

Q axe… :slight_smile:

7

If anyone cares, in France we usually pronounce it “KUH aks”, with a French sounding “Uh”, more like a short dry, “ew”.
Koxx is the company that’s French:)

8

Mmm, I’ve always thought of it as ‘Queue Axe’ or ‘Cue Axe’ if you prefer.

9

I’m not too sure, but I think I say something like:
kowaX

Now, I’m Norwegian (thus a Norwegian prnonciation of words) and not too good at phonetic writing, but yeah, that would be it… kowaX (The big X because I put some extra pressure on that)

10

I too thought it was “queue axe” until I heard the Qu-ax guy pronounce it differently, I think he said it “kwacks”.

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Unicycle . com said Q.X

12

lol… I’ve wondered this myself as I own a QU-AX 24" muni.

I didn’t know either so I’ve been just calling it a “Queue you eh ex” just saying all the letters.

13

Hmm, we say Q ax. Like the letter Q, then Ax. It does sound a lot better than kwacks.

14

Everyone I know says cue axe.

15

I think we should let the company know that they’ve got the pronunciation wrong.

16

i am going to buy one so i would like to know, correct pronunciation,
with aussie accent of course! if anyone can enlighten me,
also does anyone have a reveiw of the latest QU-AX 24inch muni?