Pronunciation

I think "Dee". Had this Italian guy renting a space in a garage I used some years ago. Testing out the car-brand-names, and Lambos Countach that is said in so many ways by so many, it turned out that we here in Norway have a very similar pronunciation of the names to the Italians.

That's funny... I pronounce it De as in devil. Although I have heard it pronounce many ways.

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Originally posted by DeLoreans and DeTomasos:
That's funny... I pronounce it De as in devil. Although I have heard it pronounce many ways.

Agreed. It's Spanish (Argentine), so literally 'of' Thomas. Short 'e' in 'de'.

Mr DeTomaso's name has been used over the years in both its Italian and Argentinean forms, often mixed.

Alessandro "Dee" Tomaso is Italian, Alejandro "Day" Tomaso is Argentinean.

Tom Tjaarda pronouces it Dee Tomaso.


-G

OK but how do you pronounce Tom's last name?

Its pronounced ja-arda ... and when I googled his name I was presently surprized .. my Dutch was never perfect but the time I did spend in netherlands ... well lets say they speak English very well.

"Tom is the son of the Dutch-American auto designer Joop Tjaarda van Starkenberg, who renamed himself John Tjaarda on coming to the U.S. in 1923."