Way, Way Bad

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.

Comments

[tanita]

Somewhere my English professors are screaming.

[Jonathon]

"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.

[empty]

The revolutionary space-age scooter called Segway may have contributed to the confusion.

[cynthia shick]

This is a genuine revelation! I am flabbergasted to know this. Thank you