# Tom's MIT friend and the pronunciation of "Magliozzi"

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**Created:** [July 13, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-mit-friend-and-the-pronunciation-of-magliozzi/85974 "2014-07-13T04:13:19Z")\
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On a recent show Tom’s friend from the MIT 4:15 club pronounced Magliozzi as “Mag-lee-oh-nee”; but that doesn’t seem to be how Tom and Ray pronounce their name now. It’s more like “Maw-yaht-zee” is how they pronounce it currently. Did Tom and Ray change the preferred pronunciation at some point?

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I’ve heard the “l” as in “Mawl-yah’-tsee,” which is standard Italian pronunciation.

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**Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-mit-friend-and-the-pronunciation-of-magliozzi/85974/3 "2014-07-13T05:20:30Z")

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No, they never changed. It’s always been Mahl-yahtzee. It’s everyone else who has varying renditions.

My favorite is Tommy’s drill sergeant in the army who called him Prahvit Mag-lee-ozee.

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**Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-mit-friend-and-the-pronunciation-of-magliozzi/85974/4 "2014-07-13T05:31:35Z")

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why do they say the tappet bros?

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**Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-mit-friend-and-the-pronunciation-of-magliozzi/85974/5 "2014-07-13T05:41:39Z")

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I believe they call themselves Click and Clack as a spoof on Frick and Frack.

> **[Frick and Frack](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frick_and_Frack)**
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> Frick and Frack were two Swiss skaters who came to the United States in 1937 and joined the original Ice Follies show as comedy ice skaters. "Frick" was Werner Groebli (April 21, 1915 – April 14, 2008), born in Basel. "Frack" was Hansruedi (Hans Rudolf) Mauch, (May 2, 1919 – June 4, 1979), also born in Basel. Frick and Frack were known for skating in Alpine Lederhosen and performing eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle", created by Groebli, and Mauch's "rubber legs", tw...

  
(And we know they are quite familiar with old ice skaters because they refer to Sonia Henie’s tutu!)

So what makes a click/clack sound on a car? Valve tappets. Hence they are Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.