Surely the people at Segueway Solutions know that “segue” is pronounced “seg-way.”
So I’m assuming they pronounce the name of their company “Seg-Way-Way.”
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P.S. To find out how the name is actually pronounced, I called both phone numbers listed on the Contact Us page. I got a recording each time; neither outgoing message included the company name.
Somewhere my English professors are screaming.
Posted by: tanita | October 25, 2012 at 08:25 AM
"Segueway" for "segue" seems to be a fairly common error. It's the only word I can think of where a final "gue" is pronounced /gwei/. In nearly every other case it's pronounced /g/, as in dialogue or league, but in rare cases it's pronounced /gju/, as in ague. It's no surprise people get an oddity like segue wrong, but you'd expect people to check first before investing in a name and logo.
Posted by: Jonathon | October 25, 2012 at 10:05 AM
The revolutionary space-age scooter called Segway may have contributed to the confusion.
Posted by: empty | October 26, 2012 at 04:59 AM
This is a genuine revelation! I am flabbergasted to know this. Thank you
Posted by: cynthia shick | October 26, 2012 at 01:57 PM