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MountainMan

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How do you say Savinous?
« on: August 08, 2005, 12:53:55 AM »
No disrespect to the fine fellow after whom it is named, but how the heck to you say it?


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jp

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rotornuts

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2005, 07:02:55 PM »
Sah-von-ee-us I think.


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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2005, 07:37:52 PM »


  NO No The proper way to say it is:   Savin-us

  This is on good athority from my 35+ years of cyphering & book learning.
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kitno455

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2005, 07:45:47 PM »
uh, helps if you spell it right.


savonious, not savinous


sav-own-ee-us


or


suh-vown-ee-us


is how i have heard it.


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rotornuts

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2005, 08:01:42 PM »
Allan, that's Savonius not Savonious. Not to be nit picky or anything.


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CG

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2005, 02:50:28 AM »
It's funny how all of us call Savonius' invention a Savonius, while he called it something different. There must be many other things that are remember by a the name of the inventor rather than the name under which it was patented.
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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2005, 07:08:02 AM »
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kitno455

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2005, 08:25:10 AM »
right- fat fingered that one


say it with me now- savonius, savonius, savonius


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MountainMan

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2005, 08:59:12 AM »
Thanks everyone.  I copied the spelling from the current "VAWT FUN" thread.


Seems the consensus is:

Savonius -->  salve-own-e-us


best,

jp

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Re: How do you say Savinous?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2005, 03:20:56 PM »
It is so easy.

Just say 'Savonius'.

:-)


It is difficult for English

speaking people only...


The letters in written Finnish language

work similar ways as in Italian or in

Spanish or in German or in Latin.


- Hannu


(From Finland,

where Mr. Savonius lived and

Savonius rotor was invented.)

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