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Pronunciation - schlum-burger? Something else? --Johnruble 13:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not simple. The name is a Germanic one, originating in the Alsace area of France. However, the eponymous founders of the company were francophones. So the company's founders were pronouncing a German name with a French accent. Since the company's founding, however, it has gone on to have a presence in many countries, and in some of those countries, certain sounds in the name are pronounced with difficulty; specifically the IPA [y] (French "chute") and the IPA [ʒ] (last sound of "mirage"). So in the those countries, substitutions are made. Cornellier 22:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very much not simple. In my experience, talking with Texas and Oklahoma oil people who are educated and trying to pronounce it correctly, it's more or less "slum-bur-ʒay", accent on the 3rd syllable; a surprising number of people just can't do "schl" even when they're adept at some other common non-English phonology... And significant number of people pronounce the 2nd syllable like "bear". --studerby 22:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The company, as well as the stock holders, call it "shlum-bur-shay" or "shlum-bar-jay and "Schlum-burger" comes from some MSNBC stock analysit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.114.219.196 (talk) 00:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

According to my experience a large number of people within Schlumberger calls it Sh-lum-be-jaayer with the "b" sound very short. --Jingshen 05:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Many French employees of Schlumberger have taken to pronouncing the "u" as "oo", thus imitating the germanic pronunciation for that part of the word, which then comes out as "shloom-bear-ZHAY". This is frowned upon by the family itself, which wanted very much to avoid confusion between Alsace and Germany, and keeps pronoucing the "um" diphthong as in the French word "un" (I don't know the IPA for this, possibly ũ or ĩ). This makes it very distinctive, but even less pronounceable to other common mortals. Based on this, however, "shlum-bear-zhay" is definitely the closest English approximation, as long as you barely pronounce the "m" and shorten the "bear" syllable. (Note: I am an employee of Schlumberger and I am originally French) Claude 01:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article reads like it was written by the company. It'd be nice if there were other things presented in the article. --andye — Preceding undated comment added 13:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article reads like a marketing brochure of the company. We want to know where and how the company evolved and not whether it is going to provide excellent and advanced services or not. Please tell us what were stumbling blocks in establishing the company in remote and hostile locations around the world and not whether these office are "looked upon for inspiration" during the life of the oil field !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.230.248.1 (talk) 14:59, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I do not think the company is marketing anything in anyway. I believe that whoever created this article simply copied the contents of this page on the official SLB website: "Schlumberger, Backgrounder". As a result most contents on this article is still the exact same. In fact, I think this discussion should be ended and deleted. --Jingshen 06:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why should a discussion be ended simply because Jingsen has "found" the true reason for the shabby marketing text on the website. Please stop quoting annual profits in US dollars here as nobody is really wanting to know that through academic sites such as Wikipedia. I am going to report this to the website administrators.

I convinced this company is using Wikipedia to market itself as well ! A company's repute is built through its actions and not words...especially not through a academic learning and information reference such as Wikipedia, the following two paragraphs are just shamefull propaganda. (note the 'we' in the second para)

Competitive Advantage Schlumberger offers its clients four key advantages:

Deep domain knowledge of exploration and production operations gained through 75 years of experience The service industry's longest commitment to technology and innovation through a network of 23 research, development and technology centers A global reach in 80 countries coupled to strong local experience and the diversity in thought, background and knowledge that more that 140 nationalities bring A commitment to excellence in service delivery anytime, anywhere.

Research and Development The company was founded by the two Schlumberger brothers who invented wireline logging as a technique for obtaining downhole data in oil and gas wells. Today, it continues to build on the industry's longest track record of providing leading edge E&P technology to develop new advancements-from reservoir to surface. Schlumberger has always invested significant time and money on research and engineering as a long-term strategy to support and grow its technology leadership. Short-term business cycles do not affect this. In 2005, we invested $505 million in R&D for our oilfield activities. Schlumberger invests more each year in R&D than all other oilfield services companies combined. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anipilot (talk • contribs) 15:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'Surely you jest The largest oilfield services company in the world with 70billion in market cap does not need to market itself on wikipedia. I dont think potential clients navigate through a webclopedia to find contracts... i agree its a lazy editor copying and pasting from SLB's website. feel free to delete/omit/edit as necessary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.104.223 (talk) 00:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly some editing has been done by Schlumberger employees — editing from IPs 163.183.x.x through 163.188.x.x are from inside Schlumberger — but I agree that it sounds more like cut-and-paste editing than self promotion. —Travis ^C/_T\^U 13:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]