How Do You Pronounce 'Tarot' When Talking?

Rhapsodin

• #21

Singular: tarocco pronounced taROCK-o

Plural: Tarocchi pronounced taROCK-i

The plain old Tarot, pronounce it TArot the A as in map.

Plural: TArots.

 

firecatpickles

• #22

Tarocchi is pronounced teh-RO-chi hence the "h" to indicate a soft "ch" sound rather than the hard "k" found in the singular.

 

Sar

• #23

None of the options, I say it as I write it: tarot.

 

Barleywine

• #24

As an English-speaking American, this sums it up for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_UytNIX-pU

 

gregory

• #25

You haven't tarrott in there - and there are quite a few who say that.

 

firecatpickles

• #26

Sar said:

None of the options, I say it as I write it: tarot.

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The pronunciation I use isn't listed, either, so I picked the closest.

te-Row

In Zappa-es, the ta- of "tarot" is pronounced with the "a" sound in the English word "hat".

 

Darkmage

• #27

I say TEAR-rit. This basically gives me away as originally being from the Northeast US, along with the fact I never lost my native NYC accent. We say sumptin' instead of something, for example.

As for TEAR-row around parts of NYC and they think it's a root vegetable the African immigrants buy at local farmers' markets. Ask for TEAR-rit and you'll be pointed to the nearest New Age shop or bistro with a resident reader.

 

Barleywine

• #28

firecatpickles said:

The pronunciation I use isn't listed, either, so I picked the closest.

te-Row

In Zappa-es, the ta- of "tarot" is pronounced with the "a" sound in the English word "hat".

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Although he was from Baltimore, Frank Zappa honed his articulation in Southern California, which is barely part of the US (or even of Earth ), so I take his pronunciation accordingly.

But he is my personal hero, for a number of reasons, both social and medical.

 

firecatpickles

• #29

Barleywine said:

Although he was from Baltimore, Frank Zappa honed his articulation in Southern California, which is barely part of the US (or even of Earth ), so I take his pronunciation accordingly.

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lol

Baltimore and Southern California, I am convinced, both share an extraterrestrial ZIP code.

 

Madrigal

• #30

Wow, and here I was thinking the TARE-oh/sparrow/Pharoah pronouncers were a strange, new species. Apparently I'm in the minority.