Mispronunciation of car make/model

[Stickyfinger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAOqhOTgiaI

please

[anonymous-user]

No idea how to pronounce 'Pajero', which means sadly I can never own a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution.

padger-oh?
pa-hair-oh?
pa-jeero?

[otolith]

Spumfry said:

No idea how to pronounce 'Pajero', which means sadly I can never own a Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution.

padger-oh?
pa-hair-oh?
pa-jeero?

There's audio here;

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/pajero

[SonicShadow]

Some Japanese manufacturer pronunciations here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8xFCLB1m8

[neil1jnr]

Loyly said:

A lot of Scottish people pronounce 'Peugeot' as 'poo-zhee-oh' or just 'poo-sho-', strangely.

PEU-ZHO

[TIGA84]

stugolf said:

Idiot lad at work

Renault (with the t) Megane Coop, I wouldn't mind but he owns one!

Had an argument with him as it thought coupe was pronouncted coop

Coupe is pronounced coop, as in the glasses you put champagne in.

Coupé is coopay, that's what the acute accent is for.

[Jimmy Recard]

TIGA84 said:

Coupe is pronounced coop, as in the glasses you put champagne in.

Coupé is coopay, that's what the acute accent is for.

Why does a chicken coop have two doors?






















If it had four, it would be a chicken saloon

[Camoradi]

Alfa "Romeo" As in Juliette's geezer

[Agent XXX]

Camoradi said:

Alfa "Romeo" As in Juliette's geezer

Yes. And they're probably the same bell ends that spell it Alpha.

[Sid123]

Agent XXX said:

Yes. And they're probably the same bell ends that spell it Alpha.

That put a smile on my face......

[kambites]

TIGA84 said:

Coupe is pronounced coop, as in the glasses you put champagne in.

As far as I know, "coupe" without the accent isn't a word in British English?

[Agent XXX]

kambites said:

As far as I know, "coupe" without the accent isn't a word in British English?

Nonsense. there's a Coop supermarket just down the road from my office.

[RobM77]

I personally don't really understand criticism of people not saying things the native way (re: earlier discussions on Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche etc). You don't say you're going to "Pari" do you? Most people call it "Paris" in England. Personally I reckon pronouncing something in your own accent or the product's native accent are both fine, and any criticism of that is just snobbery and one-upmanship. What I don't get is people who do neither, like Americans who say "Nee-sohn" as if it's French

[Jimmy Recard]

RobM77 said:

I personally don't really understand criticism of people not saying things the native way (re: earlier discussions on Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche etc). You don't say you're going to "Pari" do you? Most people call it "Paris" in England. Personally I reckon pronouncing something in your own accent or the product's native accent are both fine, and any criticism of that is just snobbery and one-upmanship. What I don't get is people who do neither, like Americans who say "Nee-sohn" as if it's French

I've heard a lot of comments over the years about Americans pronouncing things strangely and it often surprises people to hear that they're more likely to pronounce it in its native way (more so than the British, anyway)

This is one of those examples, I think

[RobM77]

Jimmy Recard said:

RobM77 said:

I personally don't really understand criticism of people not saying things the native way (re: earlier discussions on Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche etc). You don't say you're going to "Pari" do you? Most people call it "Paris" in England. Personally I reckon pronouncing something in your own accent or the product's native accent are both fine, and any criticism of that is just snobbery and one-upmanship. What I don't get is people who do neither, like Americans who say "Nee-sohn" as if it's French

I've heard a lot of comments over the years about Americans pronouncing things strangely and it often surprises people to hear that they're more likely to pronounce it in its native way (more so than the British, anyway)

This is one of those examples, I think

Well, that's what I thought, so I found a Japanese advert on You Tube for Nissan and nope, they don't say it like that.

[SonicShadow]

xjay1337 said:

Neith said:

Nissan. The Japanese pronunciation is more like 'knee-san'. This is why a lot of Nissan racing cars are given number 23. 2 and 3 are 'ni' and 'san' in Japanese.

In the same kind of thing, Mitsubishi is more like 'me-tsu-be-she'.

Mazda is the strangest one- it sounds more like 'Ma-tsu-da' but with very little emphasis on the 'tsu'.

Anything sounds Japanese if you say it angrily and add "uru!" after it.

Makes shopping much more fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8pZlcqlRpA

[V8 FOU]

Camoradi said:

Alfa "Romeo" As in Juliette's geezer

In Italian, there is an emphasis on the second sylable. So it would be Row-may-oh

Vado a prendere il cappotto

[Agent XXX]

V8 FOU said:

In Italian, there is an emphasis on the second sylable. So it would be Row-may-oh

Vado a prendere il cappotto

Then you have to wave your arms around in the air whilst talking bollacks. AKA 'Testiculation'

[Muddle238]

VAG? Would it be "vagg" or "vaj"?

[MTech535]

Pronounce it as We are gay using generic German accent.