Correct Pronunciation of Nacet

[Jay21]

The Gillette Nacet is among my favorite blades and I’ve always wondered how to properly pronounce its name.

Some say, “Nay sit.”

Others say, “Nah sit.”

While looking for official Nacet videos on YT, I only found one, and it was from the Middle East, which is where Nacet is currently marketed.

The pronunciation used in the official video was “Neh sit.”

So, there you have it. The preferred pronunciation in its market makes both of the commonly used pronunciations wrong. If we have any members from the Middle East, please confirm. Perhaps the current pronunciation has changed due to language and vowel sound differences compared to when Nacet was first manufactured.

Anyway…

 

[ewk]

As the word "nacet" is not word found in the English language, I wanted to see the definition of the word to help unlock the "correct" pronunciation.

Stumbled on the NIH National Library of Medicine website on Pubmed and found this article on NACET (a.k.a N-Acetylcysteine ethyl ester):

N-Acetylcysteine ethyl ester (NACET): a novel lipophilic cell-permeable cysteine derivative with an unusual pharmacokinetic feature and remarkable antioxidant potential

N-Acetylcysteine ethyl ester (NACET): a novel lipophilic cell-permeable cysteine derivative with an unusual pharmacokinetic feature and remarkable antioxidant potential - PubMed

Recent large clinical trials failed to confirm the supposed beneficial effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in preventing oxidative stress-related diseases. This may be due to its low bioavailability. We thought that esterification of the carboxyl group of NAC to produce N-acetylcysteine ethyl...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hmm. That's alot of syllallybubbles. I'll stick with NAY-set

 

[slimshavy]

I wouldn't have thought of any of those. The only two ways that occurred to me to say it are:
naah-say (French, like casser)
or
NASS-it (like facet)

 

[Darth Scandalous]

"Noist"

 

[jaro 101969]

I had heard it also pronounced like asset but with a N in front of the A .

 

[JimmyJoeMeeker]

While I fully support this exploration, I think it's okay to anglicize pronunciations if one is speaking English.

The French can say "pah-REE" all they want and not sound weird, but it would make me feel pretty silly. If I'm having a discussion in English about their biggest city, I'm calling it "PAIR-us".

Likewise it's NAY-sit to me. That rolls off my native-English-speaking tongue way easier than the other pronunciations. Of course, if the mileage of others varies, I'm cool with that too.

 

[AndyPanda]

+1 for NASS-it

 

[FarmerTan]

I just can't use that blade, as much as I like it. Every time I read it I hear my little hillbilly momma say "Now SIT!" like she's mad at my ADHD self!

 

[AndyPanda]

I just can't use that blade, as much as I like it. Every time I read it I hear my little hillbilly momma say "Now SIT!" like she's mad at my ADHD self!

I grew up hillbilly too ... my momma told me to warsh my hands after I used the torlet

 

[FarmerTan]

I grew up hillbilly too ... my momma told me to warsh my hands after I used the torlet

We might be brothers!

 

[AndyPanda]

We might be brothers!

You must have been borned after I done up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T

 

[FarmerTan]

Dern it! We might only be cousins. You talk funny. We say it "R-U-N-T-O-F-F"..... Or..... Just maybe your kin folk is more "society" than mine is?

 

[APBinNCA]

We went over this in the past. Pronunciation aside, it came from a French speaking colony and means cut in half(like the picture). I am not a French pro, but the in isolation the T would likely be pronounced, but in actual use it would probably be silent when describing what you're nacetting. Like: Nace(t) le crocodile

I am pretty sure it's nan like nanny or Nantes(pronounced nan-t) so: nac-ay-le-crocodile

I may have had too much wine and shouldn't be answering this

Upon further reflection, I am not sure who I got that translation from, but I know we had a thread about this. Maybe the word isn't French in of itself, but I remember a colonial connection.

 

[amateur]

Try to pronounce the word correctly: защищающихся.
Lewis Carroll wrote this word like this: zashtsheeshtshauoushtsheehsua.

 

[jaro 101969]

Dern it! We might only be cousins. You talk funny. We say it "R-U-N-T-O-F-F"..... Or..... Just maybe your kin folk is more "society" than mine is?

If its hillbilly enough then cousins could be brothers or each others uncle !!

 

[Babou]

Nachete

 

[Bobovata]

Naket

 

[DesertIguana]

Na_Chit.

 

[Spartan76]

Na_Chit.

Gazoontite