Sony's TV brand is spelled starting with two overlapping V's. Most think
that this intends to be "WEGA". I think it is "VEGA". The manual and website
are reported to state it IS VEGA. When doing a VEGA search, I see no
association with Sony TV's, but I get swamped with WEGA associations.

Any thoughts on this confusion.


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Dave M.

It's pronounced the same way as Wagner or Wehrmacht, as it comes from
the name of a German company that was acquired by Sony a few years back.

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Dave M.


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It's pronounced the same way as Wagner or Wehrmacht, as it comes from
the name of a German company that was acquired by Sony a few years back.


That could easily be it!

I think the W in the logotype is confusingly V-like as well. It kind of
gives the impression of a CRT with bad convergence.

Come to think of it, I've heard a lot of people pronounce Wagner with a
W sound too. The V sound seems to be almost exclusively German. Is the
word difficult for Japanese speakers to pronounce? That wouldn't help
much either..


Dave M. wrote:
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Dave M.


wrote in message
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It's pronounced the same way as Wagner or Wehrmacht, as it comes from
the name of a German company that was acquired by Sony a few years back.


That could easily be it!