excuse my english saint croix

wallywallace · 01-17-12, 01:16 PM

this happened about a month ago and i will just ask you. was in Bp, looking at avids and mojo, this guy looking at the rage rods asked me if i like my st(as in S-T not saint cro(ix silent) so my S.T. cro rods, i said yea, hadnt really used em enough. I always thought they were call st(saint) croix (crox). have I confused ya yet. lol
i told him i like my st. croix and he looked at me like i was a novice fisherman cause i said it this way, so what its the correct way.

MississippiBoy · 01-17-12, 01:25 PM

I don't know if I've ever heard it or said it out loud, but I figured it was pronounced like "Saint Croy."

joedog · 01-17-12, 02:38 PM

It's SAINT Croy like Mississippi said.
Croix

It is generally pronounced one of two ways, depending upon your location.

In the US, it is pronounced "croy", to rhyme with "soy", or "toy".

In the rest of the world, it is pronounced "kwah" or "quah", with the "kw" sound coming from the back of the throat, in the Gallic manner.

Since croix is French for "cross", the corrent pronounciation would generally be "kwah" or "quah".

wallywallace · 01-17-12, 03:44 PM

ok, thanx guys got home and have some icast videos, by them and fgured they'd say there name, but thanx, man southern butt would would have never figured it. lol saint croy,

the pyromaniac · 01-17-12, 03:49 PM

It's "Saint Croy" like the island in the US Virgin Islands.

nofearengineer · 01-17-12, 04:03 PM

Here in the U.S. (including the Virgin Islands) we would indeed say "Saint Croy." But in French, they would probably say "Sahn Quah".

bamabassman · 01-17-12, 06:29 PM

lol, bryce..that looks like arab spelling to me.

Bassboss · 01-17-12, 08:10 PM

I used to say it like "Saint Crow-ix" until I heard right. It's pronounced Saint Croy for sure though.

bcklash · 01-17-12, 09:37 PM

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Bubba_Bruiser · 01-17-12, 10:17 PM

I always called it St Crow until someone said it is like the river. I said there is a river, he was like, yeah, you know the one in Wisconsin. And I was like, oh yeah, even though I had no idea.

Bassboss · 01-17-12, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bcklash

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Hmmm... I think I like lashes approach to things best!

the pyromaniac · 01-18-12, 11:55 AM

Bottom line, if you pronounce it right (krwah), if you pronounce it like the river and island's Americanized name (croy, which I hate, having 2 bachelor's degrees in the French language), or you pronounce it in some weird freakin' way, it's a good rod.

01-17-12, 01:16 PM	#1
wallywallace BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 849	excuse my english saint croix this happened about a month ago and i will just ask you. was in Bp, looking at avids and mojo, this guy looking at the rage rods asked me if i like my st(as in S-T not saint cro(ix silent) so my S.T. cro rods, i said yea, hadnt really used em enough. I always thought they were call st(saint) croix (crox). have I confused ya yet. lol i told him i like my st. croix and he looked at me like i was a novice fisherman cause i said it this way, so what its the correct way.

01-17-12, 01:25 PM	#2
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	I don't know if I've ever heard it or said it out loud, but I figured it was pronounced like "Saint Croy." __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

01-17-12, 02:38 PM	#3
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	It's SAINT Croy like Mississippi said. Croix It is generally pronounced one of two ways, depending upon your location. In the US, it is pronounced "croy", to rhyme with "soy", or "toy". In the rest of the world, it is pronounced "kwah" or "quah", with the "kw" sound coming from the back of the throat, in the Gallic manner. Since croix is French for "cross", the corrent pronounciation would generally be "kwah" or "quah". __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

01-17-12, 04:03 PM	#6
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Here in the U.S. (including the Virgin Islands) we would indeed say "Saint Croy." But in French, they would probably say "Sahn Quah". __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

01-17-12, 06:29 PM	#7
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	lol, bryce..that looks like arab spelling to me. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

01-17-12, 03:44 PM	#4
wallywallace BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 849	ok, thanx guys got home and have some icast videos, by them and fgured they'd say there name, but thanx, man southern butt would would have never figured it. lol saint croy,

01-17-12, 03:49 PM	#5
the pyromaniac BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Roanoke, VA, USA Posts: 155	It's "Saint Croy" like the island in the US Virgin Islands.

01-17-12, 08:10 PM	#8
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	I used to say it like "Saint Crow-ix" until I heard right. It's pronounced Saint Croy for sure though. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

01-17-12, 09:37 PM	#9
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	tha mit bee goood feeshnnnn poe __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

01-17-12, 10:17 PM	#10
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	I always called it St Crow until someone said it is like the river. I said there is a river, he was like, yeah, you know the one in Wisconsin. And I was like, oh yeah, even though I had no idea. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

01-18-12, 11:55 AM	#12
the pyromaniac BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Roanoke, VA, USA Posts: 155	Bottom line, if you pronounce it right (krwah), if you pronounce it like the river and island's Americanized name (croy, which I hate, having 2 bachelor's degrees in the French language), or you pronounce it in some weird freakin' way, it's a good rod.

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