“Tess-la” or “Tez-la”?

[ButchAZ]

I guess it depends on whether you spell it “tire” or “tyre” eh?

 

[Stewart]

If you listen on how Elon pronounce it’s Tez-la. But as things change might change to Tex-la

 

[jabloomf1230]

I never thought about before but I just listened myself and it was, "Teszla".

 

[Ogre]

How did Nicola pronounce it?

 

[ButchAZ]

How did Nicola pronounce it?

I’ve never been able find that, hence my question

 

[Ogre]

For years people debated whether you pronounced Linux “Lin-ux” or “Line-ux”. They eventually asked Linus Torvalds who created it and named it.

I’m sure once we figure out how Nicola pronounced it it’ll be similarly ignored and we’ll continue to argue over 2 incorrect pronunciations.

 

[Bouba]

My wife says that I say Tezla ...so that’s definitive

 

[Bouba]

Wikipedia says
Nikola Tesla (/ˈtɛslə/ TESS-lə; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла,[2] pronounced [nǐkola têsla];[a]

...so probably Tezla