Cadillac Trivia

"PS9" (PS9) 11/04/2015 at 04:53 • Filed to: None

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Cadillac rose from the ashes of the ‘Henry Ford Company’. When things fell apart, Ford and a few other key people left to later create the ‘Ford Motor Company’. The remainder of people and manufacturing assets at HFC would become Cadillac.

The name ‘Cadillac’ comes from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. He was the one who founded the city of Detroit two hundred years earlier.

Bluecold > PS9 11/04/2015 at 05:14

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Therefore, the correct pronunciation of Cadillac is as such:
https://www.howtopronounce.com/french/cadilla…
‘kàdiyàk’

Other mispronounced french car brands include Chevrolet, which should be pronounced ‘chevrolay’.

PS9 > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 05:24

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Naaaaah nobody’s gonna do that.

LongbowMkII > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 06:42

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chevrolay is how I have always heard it pronounced. How else is it said, chevro-let?

Thunderface > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 07:36

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... People do pronounce Chevrolet as ‘chevrolay’

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 07:49

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Uhhh... you're telling me people say chev-ro-let?????????????????

Bluecold > LongbowMkII 11/04/2015 at 07:52

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ehh, should’ve been more careful with my phrasing. There’s a difference in saying ‘chevrolay’ american style, or saying ‘chevrolay’ with a french intonation.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 08:05

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More like “shay vhro leyh”?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 09:19

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I’m with everyone else, people say Chevy or chevrolay, never -let.

shop-teacher > PS9 11/04/2015 at 16:38

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Fun family fact: My great-grandfather was personally asked by Henry Ford to invest in the ground floor of the Ford Motor Company ... he said no ... whoops!

PS9 > shop-teacher 11/04/2015 at 16:41

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#rekt

Axial > Bluecold 11/04/2015 at 19:20

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A.) I already say “Caddiyak” because it’s amusing

B.) Nobody says “Chevrolette,” they already pronounce it as “Chevrolay.”

Axial > PS9 11/04/2015 at 19:23

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Motherfuckers at Caddiyak won’t let you have this blue with the red interior on the non-V models. They also neglected to put the saffron inserts on the seats...all you get is black. Boooooo-hiss.

Axial > Axial 11/04/2015 at 19:24

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Also also, this color is no longer available for 2016.