How do you pronounce "guibo"

[gwb72tii]

a friend-who-shall-remain-nameless and I say the word "guibo" differently

i say gee bo (hard g)

he says gwi bo (hard g)

which is it?

[FunElan]

Gweebo

[ought2]

I like "gweebo" better, but:

A giubo (pronounced /ˈdʒuːboʊ/ JEW-boh), also known as a flex disc,[1] and commonly misspelled as guibo, is a connection found between the drive shaft and the companion flange on most mechanical devices utilizing a drive shaft in mechanical operation. The giubo itself is a flexible rubberized, or other non conductive vibration damping material, disc coupling used to reduce driveline vibration and keep electrical currents from flowing between the engine and the shaft.

History of the term here:

In Italy, and presumably in Heaven (if indeed they are not the same place) I

believe "something like 'joo-bo'" is the first,if not only, choice. Searching

my personal digest archives I found this, from AD7-061, 26 Aug 1998:

"Il Topo recently sent me a photocopy of a hand-written letter, 24 maggio

1986, by GianPaolo Garcea, a singularly literate engineer who was one of

Orazio Satta's right-hand men as Assistant Director of the Design and

Experimental Department. The letter, with lavish freehand illustrations,

confirms and elaborates on what Topo had previously told me and others, that

"the ing. Boschi had invented and patented the elastic joint (giunto) and

later formed his firm GIUBO SpA, which manufactured the first giubos for the

1900. 'GIUBO' = GIUnti Boschi = Boschi joints, and the pronunciation is

(gee-yew-bow or jew-bow)." That is the straight squeak from what is, as far

as I know, the last surviving purebred Portello mouse."

[Mike_B]

Ha! I think it should be 3 syllables: goo - ee - bo ;-)

[Harv]

Gwee bow

I think I first heard it as goo be O.

John

[napa02]

I pronounce it " driveline flex joint"

[Napes]

Hope I'm not viewed as "politically incorrect" if I say Jew-bo. Is easy to say though. I've always, not knowing anything differently, pronounced it Gee-bo, though I've heard Gui-bo often.

Bob Napier

[Chamonix72]

Throatwarbler Mangrove.

Er, gweebo is what I've heard.

[nbristow01]

In Texas it is pronounced "rubber thang"

[Napes]

Just checked on both bmwfans.info & RealOEM and they list it as UNIVERSAL JOINT. Now that's pronouncable.

Bob Napier

[BLUNT]

what was the bet again Georgina??? I forget but whatever it was im anxious to collect. I believe it was you have to make me dinner???

[dirk2602]

I like "gweebo" better, but:

A giubo (pronounced /ˈdʒuːboʊ/ JEW-boh), also known as a flex disc,[1] and commonly misspelled as guibo, is a connection found between the drive shaft and the companion flange on most mechanical devices utilizing a drive shaft in mechanical operation. The giubo itself is a flexible rubberized, or other non conductive vibration damping material, disc coupling used to reduce driveline vibration and keep electrical currents from flowing between the engine and the shaft.

History of the term here:

In Italy, and presumably in Heaven (if indeed they are not the same place) I

believe "something like 'joo-bo'" is the first,if not only, choice. Searching

my personal digest archives I found this, from AD7-061, 26 Aug 1998:

"Il Topo recently sent me a photocopy of a hand-written letter, 24 maggio

1986, by GianPaolo Garcea, a singularly literate engineer who was one of

Orazio Satta's right-hand men as Assistant Director of the Design and

Experimental Department. The letter, with lavish freehand illustrations,

confirms and elaborates on what Topo had previously told me and others, that

"the ing. Boschi had invented and patented the elastic joint (giunto) and

later formed his firm GIUBO SpA, which manufactured the first giubos for the

1900. 'GIUBO' = GIUnti Boschi = Boschi joints, and the pronunciation is

(gee-yew-bow or jew-bow)." That is the straight squeak from what is, as far

as I know, the last surviving purebred Portello mouse."

Thats plagarism, prounounced as it's written, pla-ga-rism

[dirk2602]

I like "gweebo" better, but:

A giubo (pronounced /ˈdʒuːboʊ/ JEW-boh), also known as a flex disc,[1] and commonly misspelled as guibo, is a connection found between the drive shaft and the companion flange on most mechanical devices utilizing a drive shaft in mechanical operation. The giubo itself is a flexible rubberized, or other non conductive vibration damping material, disc coupling used to reduce driveline vibration and keep electrical currents from flowing between the engine and the shaft.

History of the term here:

In Italy, and presumably in Heaven (if indeed they are not the same place) I

believe "something like 'joo-bo'" is the first,if not only, choice. Searching

my personal digest archives I found this, from AD7-061, 26 Aug 1998:

"Il Topo recently sent me a photocopy of a hand-written letter, 24 maggio

1986, by GianPaolo Garcea, a singularly literate engineer who was one of

Orazio Satta's right-hand men as Assistant Director of the Design and

Experimental Department. The letter, with lavish freehand illustrations,

confirms and elaborates on what Topo had previously told me and others, that

"the ing. Boschi had invented and patented the elastic joint (giunto) and

later formed his firm GIUBO SpA, which manufactured the first giubos for the

1900. 'GIUBO' = GIUnti Boschi = Boschi joints, and the pronunciation is

(gee-yew-bow or jew-bow)." That is the straight squeak from what is, as far

as I know, the last surviving purebred Portello mouse."

Thats plagarism, prounounced as it's written, pla-ga-rism

[gwb72tii]

what was the bet again Georgina??? I forget but whatever it was im anxious to collect. I believe it was you have to make me dinner???

take a hike old man. i refuse to concede, even if i'm wrong

[BLUNT]

what was the bet again Georgina??? I forget but whatever it was im anxious to collect. I believe it was you have to make me dinner???

take a hike old man. i refuse to concede, even if i'm wrong

Thats fine. i will go right to the head of the household and Cindy will honor your bet. Im likely to get a better meal this way also. We will dine in colorado top hats