I keep hearing it spoken both ways, what one is correct?

Edited September 20, 201411 yr by bigmark1972

Whoever is pronouncing it ahhhsa should be banned from ever owning one..it is ossa, like boss, but with an a on the end and no B at the beginning

both are right - it just depends where you live. Same with Beta, it is also pronounced a few different ways

Whoever is pronouncing it ahhhsa should be banned from ever owning one..it is ossa, like boss, but with an a on the end and no B at the beginning

could also say "rhymes with tosser"

Congrats on your rig. I like them for sure.

Now I have always been a hick but I have only called them Ossa with the sound of a capitol O.

To end the debate I would listen to Micks' pronunciation.

As for Beta, Its BAta.

Edited September 21, 201411 yr by slicktop

You must have called the importer too much! In the states, O means OoHh.

Yeah at Lewis Motorsports I swear Mandy was calling it an Ahser lol must be a language thing.

Got it now.. Ossa ohssah

Adrian and Mandy came from the same neighborhood. Same accents, good people. They cannot say Ossa worth a damn.

Always been a long O for me. Now a lot of them Brits call a Beta a Beeta! I have called them a Beater!

That's because it is "Beeta". You'll be telling me next you didn't know the ancient Greeks had trials bikes

Edited September 21, 201411 yr by 2stroke4stroke

just read the letters and pronounce it how it looks- ossa and beta ----duh?

Hola,

While we are on the subject is Toni Bou - Toni Boo or Toni Bow ?

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Catalan pronunciation perhaps ?

So does is regional language thing mean that in North America GasGas is pronounced GasGas, and that in the UK it is pronounced PetrolPetrol?

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Never saw one up close but have seen them in magazines since the 70's. I always assumed it was initials so just spelled it O-S-S-A. As in it never occurred to me to try and pronounce IRS, COD, BMW, TVR, FTW, AMF, TWA, IAC, PCM,....