How do you pronounce Acura and Celica? Is there an "official" way?

"MegaSuper" (megasuper) 04/26/2015 at 08:35 • Filed to: None

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I realize what’s “Official” varies from country to country, dialect to dialect, marketing department to marketing department (afaik “Hyundai” is said quite differently in adverts in the UK and the US)

These two are interesting, in that they are not based upon anyone’s name, or a particular language/nationality as far as I know. (So in other words, you can’t make the argument of “Lan-chyah is the ‘most proper’ way to pronounce Lancia because it’s an Italian last name and hence it would follow Italian pronunciation rules”)

I’ve heard both “Ack-eur-uh” and “Ah-kyoor-uh” for Acura

For Celica, I’ve heard “Seh-lick-uh”, “See-lee-kuh”, “Seh-lee-kuh”, and in some non-rhotic accents, you’ll hear “See-lee-ka[r]” if the next word starts with a vowel (the “intrusive r”). (I think Jeremy Clarkson’s accent is like this; I don’t know about “Celica”, but I think there’s an episode of Top Gear where you can hear him pronounce “arena” as “arena[r]”, or maybe it was “vanilla” and “vanilla[r]”)

(While I’m at it, I’ll mention that I’ve heard “Nih-zan,” “Nih-san”, “Knee-sin” “Knee-san” and “Knee-zan” for Nissan. Anyone know which one is the closest to the Japanese pronunciation?”)

Anyone know if Acura or Celica is pronounced the same in at least official TV adverts or anything like that in more than 2 countries of the Anglosphere?

djmt1 > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 08:43

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I say it how the adverts say it. No point arguing with somebody about how to pronounce their own name even if they disagree with themselves.

Nibby > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 08:43

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Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 08:46

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No Acura in Aust but Celica is pronounced ‘cell-ee-ka’ (mate) here.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Nibby 04/26/2015 at 08:47

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Goddamnit I WAS GOING TO POST THAT

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 08:48

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Oho, don’t get started on trying to pronounce Murcielago, that’s almost like Pandora’s box.

AM > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 09:00

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Mer-che-law-go?

LongbowMkII > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 09:11

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Correct Japanese isn’t of much importance as these were all intended to be international words (Nissan opposed to the more Japanese da-tsu-n). They have the added benefit of sounding foreign to Japanese ears, but still being pronouncable.

I’ve heard Nissan pronounced very fast like n’ss’n a lot. I say nee-sahn.

Cell-a-ka.

Ack-yur-a

Cé hé sin > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 09:13

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Celica is or was “Selleeka” Simple.

Hyundai is “Hi un dye”

Nissan is Nissan and not Neesan

Audi is Awdi.

Peugeot is Pewjoe.

LongbowMkII > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 09:15

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Mercy-e-lahgo? Gallardo was tougher for me until I finally put together the ll= long I sound. Or something.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 09:44

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Moor-chee-ae-lah-goh

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Cé hé sin 04/26/2015 at 09:49

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I pronounce Hyundai the Korean way i.e. hyun-dae.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 09:53

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No you weren’t!

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 10:10

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Celica is “Seh-lee-kuh”, at least in my part of Canada

Source: I owned one, it was great!!

MegaSuper > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 10:11

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AFAIK, it’s “mur-thee-eh-lah-go” because it’s “bat” in Spanish.

Since Lamborghini is in Italy, they follow continental Spanish (Castellano) pronunciation, which means that the “ci” is rendered as “th”, sort of like a “lisp”, which is one of European Spanish’s identifying features.

For example, the island of Ibiza is pronounced like “Evitha” in Castillian Spanish, whereas it’s more like “Ee-bee-sah” in Latin American Spanish.

I think an Italian would pronounce it “Mur-chee-eh-lah-go”

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 04/26/2015 at 10:18

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Oh yes I was u wanna go m8 ill fite u 1on1 irl

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 11:08

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Tits or GTFAC

scoob > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 04/26/2015 at 11:38

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KirkyV > Cé hé sin 04/26/2015 at 12:22

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Around here, people tend to go with ‘Per’ rather than ‘Pew’ for Peugeot. There’s also an extremely slight ‘z’ sound around the ‘j’.

Kevin Barrett > MegaSuper 04/26/2015 at 12:57

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It’s pronounced “Say-chen-toe-doo-dee-chee Skal-yet-ee.”

Cé hé sin > KirkyV 04/26/2015 at 13:18

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Ah, but that’s the English accent putting in phantom Rs. Indier, Chiner and so on.

It’s something like Puhzhoe in French (like Purzhoe without the r in other words).

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > MegaSuper 04/28/2015 at 01:01

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Here in the U.S., the way I hear “Acura” sounds just like the first two syllables of the word “accurate” (then followed by a schwa sound, obviously).

And the only way I’ve heard “Celica” pronounced is SELL-ick-uh.