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Does it rhyme with bang?
Does it rhyme with tangy?
Is it like the first syllable of lingerie?
(Serious question, I own a pair of Lange skiboots and I don't know what to call them).
Mick
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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LAHNGER
Long 'a' but hard 'g' not like 'danger'...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Short "a" like "gang" and with a long "g" in the same.
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I've often wondered that, too. Not that I have Lange boots - I only buy ones I can pronounce.  Lange was an American, wasn't he?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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pam w, yes bob lange , he invented the first plastic shelled boots apparently.
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If he's American, then almost certainly Lange as in flange.
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GordonFreeman, 
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Ah, I thought it were a German name, hence my suggestion at pronunciation. If American then who knows...?
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I've always thought it was Lang er
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GordonFreeman, Exactly, i was just about to write that. As in Bob Lange.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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queen bodecia, surely if Lange were pronounced in a German way it would rhyme with shlange and wouldn't have either a long "a" nor a hard "g"?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Indeed, I don't think I described it right, I meant g as in 'ringer' not 'danger' got my hards and softs mixed up. I can speak the lingo I'm just rubbish at phonetics... 
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I always went with the "flange' thing.
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You know it makes sense.
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Not LONGAY then?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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OK nobody knows. I will continue to to pronounce it as though it rhymed with bungee; but with a long a and a hard k 
Mick
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bode Miller recently said he had switched back to LANG (as in bang) boots - if it's good enough for Bode it's good enough for me. I've often heared them referred to as LANG in shops which stock them, never any of the other suggestions. Call them what you want though, personally I prefer my Salmon's.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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arrange, blancmange, boomslange, change, citrange, counterchange, derange, disarrange, disrange, downrange, enrange, estrange, exchange, flange, gange, grange, interchange, mange, melange, midrange, misarrange, orange, outrange, overchange, phalange, prearrange, range, rearrange, rechange, reexchange, shortchange, strange.
How many of those rhyme with "bang"? Why are Americans so, well, American?
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I always thought they were pronounced Lang-er; lang rhyming with gang. Ah b*gger it, buy a different brand!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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How do you pronounce Lange
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who cares, if they fit, buy them, if not get somin else, slamiton, nevica, rossssssiggnollll, heed, technical 
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| arv wrote: |
| I always went with the "flange' thing. |
Me too. 
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But what language would "flange" accord with? I bought a pair of Lange boots in a charity shop for £5. They turned out to fit one of my nephews a treat, one holiday (he was that age when a lad's feet grow two sizes during a week's holiday). He really liked them. Then they went in the bin, not owing me a penny.
How do you pronounce "Raichle"?
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| pam w wrote: |
| How do you pronounce "Raichle"? |
To me it rhymes with Michael.
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| FenlandSkier wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
| How do you pronounce "Raichle"? |
To me it rhymes with Michael. |
I always thought Rye Clee - but I can't even pronounce in Ing-err-ish 
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Its definitely Lang as in Bang well at least that's what a fellow I know who sells them in his shop calls them. As for Raichle, I thought they were pronounced "Reishler". Whatever, they were weird looking things.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Say 'For Auld Lang Syne', then leave away the first two words and the fourth word and add an 'e' to the remainder. Easy
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Corky,
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| As for Raichle, I thought they were pronounced "Reishler". |
Again, look to the scots for guidance! the 'ch' is pronounced the same way as the 'ch' in Och.
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Steilhang, yes, I'd have pronounced it like Reishler but with the "ch" as in Loch. Assuming it was German.
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You know it makes sense.
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| pam w wrote: |
How do you pronounce "Raichle"? |
Full Tilt
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Spyderman, very good !
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fwiw, I always thought it was Rye Clay, but stand to be corrected
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I always thought it was 'Rye Clee', but I guess 'Rye Clay' works if you're a Brummie.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Boredsurfing, Thanks - been reading for ages but only just got round to posting......I think I may enjoy it...
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