Imagineer Posted May 4, 2006 #1 Share Posted May 4, 2006 ...we are brand new to Oceania, we actually have to wait almost a year for our cruise, April 28th on Insignia from Rome to Venice...but I've been told I'm not saying the name of the line correctly, I've been going around saying it like this: Oh-shee-an-ee-uh, but others are saying its Oh-shee-an-uh... ...when I asked my TA she said its the like the second example I've given... ...how do all of you say the name of this line? ...Frank? How does Frank say it, after all he's the boss... cheers, Lorne Miller upcoming NCL cruise on the Wind - Aug 27/06 upcoming Oceania cruise on the Insignia - Apr 28/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted May 4, 2006 #2 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Well, I pronounce it "oh shee ann ee ah". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOW Posted May 4, 2006 #3 Share Posted May 4, 2006 On Regatta, the staff (cruise director, et al) pronounced it as if the "i" weren't in the name. So does their promotional video, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbean dreams Posted May 4, 2006 #4 Share Posted May 4, 2006 O she anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted May 4, 2006 #5 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I keep saying O-shee-ah-nee-ah...Because THAT is the way it's spelled...just like in the geographic term for the region of islands in the South Pacific... ...HOWEVER...I got that DVD from Oceania, the one that you can order through their website..AND the narrator on that thing continually pronounces it O-shee-ah-nah... So, that being an "official" publication of the company itself, you don't think they'd distribute it with an unofficial pronunciation, do you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsalzer Posted May 4, 2006 #6 Share Posted May 4, 2006 ...we are brand new to Oceania, we actually have to wait almost a year for our cruise, April 28th on Insignia from Rome to Venice...but I've been told I'm not saying the name of the line correctly, I've been going around saying it like this: Oh-shee-an-ee-uh, but others are saying its Oh-shee-an-uh... http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=oceania Oh-shee-an-ee-uh Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwifruit Posted May 5, 2006 #7 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I think it depends on where you come from (and possibly your level of education) as to how you pronounce "oceania". No doubt an anglophile would pronounce it "Oh-shee-an-ee-uh" which is certainly the only correct pronunciation so far as the dictionary is concerned. Nevertheless, English is an evolving language and it seems an alternative pronounciation is acceptable on your side of the Atlantic .... or is it just slurring or laziness of speech? ;-) Being an inhabitant of Oceania, I certainly prefer the English pronunciation but each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiefresh Posted May 5, 2006 #8 Share Posted May 5, 2006 ...we are brand new to Oceania, we actually have to wait almost a year for our cruise, April 28th on Insignia from Rome to Venice...but I've been told I'm not saying the name of the line correctly, I've been going around saying it like this: Oh-shee-an-ee-uh, but others are saying its Oh-shee-an-uh......when I asked my TA she said its the like the second example I've given... ...how do all of you say the name of this line? ...Frank? How does Frank say it, after all he's the boss... cheers, Lorne Miller upcoming NCL cruise on the Wind - Aug 27/06 upcoming Oceania cruise on the Insignia - Apr 28/07 They don't seem to pronounce the "i" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo89 Posted May 5, 2006 #9 Share Posted May 5, 2006 And all this time I've been pronouncing it Oh-shee-an-ya..... Guess I don't know how to pronounce!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudiaF Posted May 5, 2006 #10 Share Posted May 5, 2006 ...wrote in part......Frank? How does Frank say it, after all he's the boss... On a cruise that both Joe and Frank were on that I was on they each said it different..one said Oh shee an ee a and the other said Oh she an a..so you say pot ay toe and I say po ta toe lol.. FYI In the beginning they were going to spell the name Oceana..but it was already in use by another line so the spelling was changed..:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingSerenity Posted May 7, 2006 #11 Share Posted May 7, 2006 The employees at corporate pronounce it "Oh Shee Ann Uh" Just so you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liat Posted May 7, 2006 #12 Share Posted May 7, 2006 There is only one absolute rule of pronunciation in the English language. It is: The correct pronunciation of a person's name is the way that person pronounces it. Therefore - despite the dictionary pronunciation of the geographic term "Oceania" (and the fact that I have always used that pronunciation) if the company choses to pronounce its own name without the "i" sounded, and therefore using only four syllables; "Oh-she-a-na" is the correct pronunciation for the cruise line. Maybe not for anything else spelled the same way - but it is for the cruse line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwifruit Posted May 8, 2006 #13 Share Posted May 8, 2006 While I agree with your comment regarding the pronunciation of a person's name (common courtesy would dictate this), we are talking about a cruiseline here. As Claudia has stated there is not even a consensus between the founding directors as to how the name should be pronounced so I think the question is very much still in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike35 Posted May 8, 2006 #14 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Joe Watters addressed a group of us "Oceanites" recently and explained the confusion. The originally conceived name was Oceana, pronounced accordingly. Due to a conflict with another cruise line with the same name, they decided to add the "i", resulting in Oceania. BOTH pronunciations are acceptable. Now - if only we could get our decider-in-chief to pronounce nuclear instead of nuke-you-lur....sigh.... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Nana Posted May 8, 2006 #15 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi Mike - Did you happen to see him on TV today when he was describing his choice for heading the CIA's proficiency in "technological" areas....Try as I might, I can't do it like he did. Actually I think he was saying the gentleman was technologically proficient. At least that's what I think it was. As my husband would say - OK Ms Perfect. NOT! I say as long as we can spell OCEANIA - to write it in our checkbooks, we're safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike35 Posted May 8, 2006 #16 Share Posted May 8, 2006 No, Pa Nana, didn't see him on TV today - all of our sets have bush filters installed, I'm afraid. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ask4Jay Posted May 8, 2006 #17 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Brilliant, Mike - a Bush filter! And I still have to hit the >> key a couple of times on my Tivo. I know, it's so 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryscruiser Posted May 10, 2006 #18 Share Posted May 10, 2006 And all this time I've been pronouncing it Oh-shee-an-ya..... Guess I don't know how to pronounce!!! That's what I say, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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