What car words do you know you pronounce wrong?

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 01/19/2015 at 19:28 • Filed to: None

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I always read AW11 sort of like "Ah-wee-leven."

dogisbadob > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:30

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BMW 750il

75 oil

TheHondaBro > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:31

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"SH-AWD" I read as "Shawd" and then I think of a sassy black woman.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:31

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jagwyauh

Brian Silvestro > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:33

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SRT8

"straight"

Alex B > TheHondaBro 01/19/2015 at 19:34

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whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:35

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VW Touareg... I don't even know where to start, but I've adopted Top Gear's pronunciation. It is now the Toe-Rag.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:36

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High-un-day

we never got the ad in Australia that tells you how to pronounce it correctly.

TheHondaBro > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:37

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I have a friend who pronounces "vinyl" as "vine-yil."

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:37

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Toyota Tersel. Not TerSell as it should be. Im trying to break that habit

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:38

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I still say porshhh and not Por-shuh

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:38

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I still feel like an asshole saying Por-shuh, so I mix and match. Le Mans is another one, I know it's "le maw" effectively, but again, I feel like a jerk saying it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > dogisbadob 01/19/2015 at 19:38

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Cannot unsee

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:39

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Oh! And one more, everytime:

3-Oooooh-git.

(3000GT)

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:39

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Oh, and At least we're not Ford...they pronounce one of their own cars wrong. It's not a Taurus "show", it's an "ess-aitch-oh".

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 01/19/2015 at 19:40

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I like to go the full "jag-you-er" route.

XJDano > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:44

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Is you you?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:46

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opposauruswrx pronounces Oppo as "Owe-Po", not "Aw-po" as it should be. We need to kill him.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 19:48

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Here's a classic one: Pontiac Goo-lee.

macanamera > TheHondaBro 01/19/2015 at 19:49

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I thought I was the only one.

dogisbadob > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/19/2015 at 19:50

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I call it a show, too

In fact, it even dates back to Jay Leno's SHOgun . Pronouncing the letters individually before the gun sounds stupid and ruins it.

dogisbadob > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2015 at 19:50

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Both pronunciations are accepted.

macanamera > Brian Silvestro 01/19/2015 at 19:51

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srt8 bruh sounds good

jkm7680 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2015 at 19:58

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Por-shuh sounds too much like a Craigslist hooker. That's why I pronounce it like Porshhhhhhhh.

45bullets > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 20:02

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gallardo.

I always pronounce it ga- llar- do, not guy- ardo.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Brian Silvestro 01/19/2015 at 20:03

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Same here. SRT8, 6 17, 94 it doesn't matter. It's straight to me.

Brian Silvestro > macanamera 01/19/2015 at 20:05

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srt8 as fuck

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 20:05

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Mazda is mahzderr and Hyundai is hoondai

not sure why.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/19/2015 at 20:11

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I almost thought it said Google

Shoop > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 20:48

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le mahns

KirkyV > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 20:52

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Citroen. Here in the UK, it's typically pronounced 'Citron', like the French for 'lemon', and I pronounce it thus. The French pronunciation's a little more complex. There's Peugeot too, I suppose, but we're actually pretty close on that one—the only way to improve would be to actually affect a French accent while saying it.

That said, I've always been of the opinion that different car companies' names are pronounced differently in different regions, and that once a pronunciation's accepted enough to be used in, for example, the company's local advertising, it's probably okay to just use generally. Hyundai, for example, does not rhyme with 'Sunday' in offical Hyundai UK advertising.

...

'Poo-got' is just wrong, though.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/19/2015 at 21:04

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You from Kentucky?

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready 01/19/2015 at 21:35

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Va. I intentionally mispronounce them though.

MyFerrariCrashedButDidntBurn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2015 at 21:50

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You've heard this one, right?

Guy hears a knock at the door and when he opens it he sees a stunning blonde. She says, "Sir, I'm working my way through college and I'll do almost anything for money." He squelches the thought running through his head and says, "OK. I'll give you $100 if you paint my porch. Everything you need is in the garage." Half an hour later he hears a knock at the door and when he opens it the blonde is back, with some paint stains on her clothes but a big smile on her face. "All finished," she says. The guy shrugs and hands her the money. "By the way," she says. "It's not a porch. It's a Ferrari."

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > dogisbadob 01/19/2015 at 21:52

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Yeah, now that you mention it, I say it as show in the shogun. But to me, it's like an SVO or GT Mustang, any Chevy SS, an AAR Cuda, SRT anything...you always say the letters. The only other one I can think of where you kinda say it as a name is when people call a WRX a "rex".

dogisbadob > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/19/2015 at 21:57

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The difference is that none of those actually spell out a pronounceable word. I think rex is more of a slang name so to speak, rather than a pronunciation or WRX.

There's also Toyota's MR2, Mr. 2 (the sports car that demands respect :p )

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 22:21

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When I see a Jetta GLI, I say "Jetta glee" in my head.

$28S4 > Rainbow 01/19/2015 at 22:26

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Its High-OON-dye and Mitsibooshi. Thanks Speedvision.

Cé hé sin > dogisbadob 01/20/2015 at 06:41

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although not by me.

Cé hé sin > KirkyV 01/20/2015 at 06:47

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I quite unashamedly say Pewjoe and Awdi.

I also say Vokswagen, not Folksvaagen, Skoda, not Shkoda and Citronne not Ci-tro-en.

I've only ever been obliged to pronounce Peugeot en français once and in my defence I was in France buying a part for said Peuzho.

Cé hé sin > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 01/20/2015 at 06:49

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Our ads have always said Hyundye so that's what we say. Hunday like the Americans say sounds weird.

Cé hé sin > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/20/2015 at 06:50

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Truth be told, it's not Le Maw either!

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Cé hé sin 01/20/2015 at 07:23

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Correct me, please! I always just say it kinda quietly and people go "what?" And I have to say "Le Mans" because America.

Cé hé sin > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/20/2015 at 08:20

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Easier said than done because it involves a sound we don't have in English. Something like "Mong" said by someone with a blocked nose...

However, Google has it here , just click on the speaker symbol

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Cé hé sin 01/20/2015 at 09:14

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Ah, yeah that's similar to how I've been saying it...maw just seemed like the easiest English spelling, haha. You're right on though, it sounds like somebody saying Mong with a blocked nose.

Rainbow > dogisbadob 01/20/2015 at 09:24

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But you pronounce quesadilla and rendezvous according to their base languages, so why is Porsche different? It's two syllables.

45bullets > Brian Silvestro 01/20/2015 at 16:46

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gr8 m8 I r8 8/8 h8trs gonna h8

Brian Silvestro > 45bullets 01/20/2015 at 16:47

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u fokin wot m9

45bullets > Brian Silvestro 01/20/2015 at 17:25

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I'' bash ye ****ing head in

I swear on me mum

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Cé hé sin 01/20/2015 at 17:47

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sounds weird, but they're closer to the mark than we are :/

lonestranger > Rainbow 01/20/2015 at 18:39

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Since I hear it so often, I often use the incorrect KILL-o-meet-er rather than the correct kil-LOM-it-er.

I'm never quite certain whether I'm pronouncing Citroën correctly. SEAT-row-in?

I'm Canadian, so Americans would say I pronounce all of these incorrectly:

300ZX = three-hundred zed ex

Z28 = zed twenty-eight

ZR1 = zed arr one

Mazda = MOZZ-duh

In the '90s, there was a local TV channel that was nothing but local classified ads 24/7. Just still photos, with descriptions narrated by some wannabe announcer. There was real estate for about 10 minutes, then cars for 10 minutes, then repeated the same thing over and over all day. Every 20 minutes, the announcer would describe this "Ford Bronco Eleven".

lonestranger > lonestranger 01/20/2015 at 19:20

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* fucked it up again. KILL-o-meet-er is correct, kil-LOM-it-er is in correct.