"area man" (hurrburgring)
04/24/2015 at 12:06 • Filed to: None
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"area man" (hurrburgring)
04/24/2015 at 12:06 • Filed to: None | 0
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Off the top, let me say that I know the correct pronunciation is Knee- ssan. This is a fact, like death and taxes. Yet whenever I go to actually say the word, 9/10 times what comes out of my stupid mouth-hole is Ni- ssan (Ni as in Nickel). I can’t help it. I guess I can attribute it to growing up in New England, which is probably second to only the South when it comes to embracing rampant mispronunciations as a regional quirk.
Anyway, my fiancee is from California where people are, I don’t know, more “aware” of “Japan,” and she teases me mercilessly whenever I say Ni- ssan. It hurts, but it’s OK because she says ape-ricot and what the hell is that?
Tomorrow marks the second time in two months I attempt to rent a Ford Focus for the weekend. If I get another Ni -ssan Versa I may shoot someone. So what do you guys say?
HammerheadFistpunch
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:13 |
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Sue Bar Eww
Twism
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:14 |
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In what twisted world is a Versa equivalent to a Focus? (dimension and engine-wise, they are in two different categories)
Anon
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:14 |
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Actually it’s pronounced Nii-San.
Textured Soy Protein
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:15 |
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US English - knee-SAHN
UK English - NISS-an
New England English - TCHOM BRADY LAWBSTAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH FENWAY PAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHKKKKKKKK AAAAAAHHHHH
NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:19 |
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It’s entirely fair to put this down to regional differences, but supposedly it is “Nee-san.”
In any case, of all the issues Nissan has at the moment, this is one where they’ll give you a pass. :-)
RockThrillz89
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:20 |
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Neither is correct. It’s pronounced dat-sun.
Svend
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:21 |
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U.K. Niss-an.
Nee-san just sounds wrong.
MonkeePuzzle
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:21 |
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from MCM’s secondary channel
as an Aussie I’ve always pronounced it “ni-ssn”, the second part of the word all jammed and hardly pronounced. The wife giggles.
Addidas is another one that she gets a good chuckle out of.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:25 |
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Nissan. The way it's spelt.
Sn210
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:26 |
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Knee-san
New England
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:27 |
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It’s beige! Mostly....
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area man
> Anon
04/24/2015 at 12:33 |
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Eh it's all knee to me!
Blake Noble
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:33 |
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You know what they call ‘em way down south, right?
Nice-un’s.
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area man
> Twism
04/24/2015 at 12:34 |
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In a world (movie voice) where off-airport rental locations are terribly managed...
Rico
> Textured Soy Protein
04/24/2015 at 12:38 |
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Yo I’m fuckin dying at work. You had me at Tchom.
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Twism
> area man
04/24/2015 at 12:53 |
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I once rented a full-size sedan (300 or equivalent), and they tried to put me in a camry because (and I quote): ‘’it has four door and it’s rather large, so it’s pretty much the same thing’’.
KirkyV
> area man
04/24/2015 at 13:03 |
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British, so Ni-ssan. Hyundai’s another one: we - and by ‘we’, I mean the British, and Hyundai’s own UK-market advertising - pronounce it Hi-Un-Die.
Nobi
> area man
04/24/2015 at 13:28 |
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I still call them, and Infinitis, Datsuns. A former coworker used to get pissed at me whenever I called his ‘04 Maxima that.
Also, New England.
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area man
> KirkyV
04/24/2015 at 13:40 |
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Yeah thanks for that. Ialso say awnt and scaahllop like you guys.
Baeromez
> area man
04/24/2015 at 16:00 |
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ranwhenparked
> Twism
04/24/2015 at 19:58 |
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I have a friend that used to work for Hertz, and he gets all sort of confused about what size classes cars belong in. That job really messed him up. He has a hard time wrapping his mind around the fact that a Dart is technically a compact, not a midsize, and a 200 is a midsize, not a full-size. I asked him that, if that was the case, then where the hell do the Charger and 300 fit in? He said they were “premium sedans”, as if the word “premium” has anything at all to do with size.
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ranwhenparked
> area man
04/24/2015 at 19:59 |
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I just go by how companies tell me to say their name. So Nissan is knee-san and Pall Mall is pel mel. If they tell people in other countries to say their names differently, then that’s just their choice.
AM
> area man
04/24/2015 at 21:43 |
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I’m in the same situation with the word Audi. I know it’s supposed to be pronounced Ow-dee but every time I go to say it, it comes out as Aw-dee.
What’s funny is that I pronounce Murcielago, Gallardo and Huracan correctly but not a simple word like Audi.
wafflesnfalafel
> area man
04/27/2015 at 22:25 |
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dAt-sun. (Those tall Nissan Stanza wagons were pretty cool.)
Leon711
> area man
04/28/2015 at 08:57 |
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240 ZED!
thebigbossyboss
> area man
04/28/2015 at 09:22 |
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I saw one of these on the highway on sunday and thought damn it has been a while since I have seen any.
Amoore100
> KirkyV
04/28/2015 at 09:30 |
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Don’t you guys pronounce it like Ni-ssin or something or is that just a Top Gear thing?