Mispronunciation of car make/model

[Bennet]

Hugo a Gogo said:

shielsy said:

Used to know a lad who would pronounce (Honda) Integra as innt-ur-grah

Boiled my piss

I think I do that like 'integrated' but stopping with an 'uh' after the R
how should it be pronounced? like Int EGG ra?

I believe that's the common pronunciation, taking its lead from "inTEGrity" rather than "INTegrate".

Edited by Bennet on Wednesday 22 March 09:15

[Hugo a Gogo]

VladD said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

shielsy said:

Used to know a lad who would pronounce (Honda) Integra as innt-ur-grah

Boiled my piss

I think I do that like 'integrated' but stopping with an 'uh' after the R
how should it be pronounced? like Int EGG ra?

I'd pronounce integrated as int-egg-rated.

with the stress on egg?

[TIGA84]

kambites said:

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?

It is, like a dessert dish or a flat wide champagne glass you build the tower things out of.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/coupe

[Disastrous]

Roger Irrelevant said:

Winston Churchill said:

It is the inalienable right of every Englishman to pronounce foreign words exactly as he pleases

...and I'm happy to go with that. After all if I'm visiting the largest city in Scotland I don't say that I'm off to 'Glazzgee'.

Literally nobody calls it that EXCEPT English people, though.

The local colloquialism would have it as more like "Glesga" and it's a mystery to everyone North of the border where this "Glazzgee" that the Neglish say comes from. It sounds like Groundskeeper Willie.

[CAPP0]

Lefty said:

Master Bean said:

TVR Chimaera.

Tee Vee Arr Kai-May-Ra

Never heard anyone pronounce it wrong? Unless I am and everyone I know is too?

Many years ago I heard someone call one of these a "Shimmerer".

[SimonTheSailor]

Isn't it Kai-Mare-Ra ?

[hullbridgehenry]

Leaving my cherokee for a windscreen change, I had to fill in a card with VRM details. The girl checked and confirmed that the vehicle was a chur rocky.

[TooMany2cvs]

There does seem to be a marked exception to the "Must be pronounced like the home language" rule of thumb...

Numbers and letters.

[JulianHJ]

Johnny 89 said:

It's actually a Ford K A (kay aay)

Is that the official Ford line? If so then even their salesmen can get this wrong. I was in my local dealership last week and the salesman I was talking to repeatedly referred to his previous demo as a 'Kah'.

[VladD]

Hugo a Gogo said:

VladD said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

shielsy said:

Used to know a lad who would pronounce (Honda) Integra as innt-ur-grah

Boiled my piss

I think I do that like 'integrated' but stopping with an 'uh' after the R
how should it be pronounced? like Int EGG ra?

I'd pronounce integrated as int-egg-rated.

with the stress on egg?

Thinking about it again (and repeatedly saying it to myself) it's actually probably more "int-eh-grated". So similar to you, but with a "eh" rather than a "uh".

Edited by VladD on Wednesday 22 March 11:07

[Hugo a Gogo]

a Schwa to be more precise

[Hugo a Gogo]

TooMany2cvs said:

There does seem to be a marked exception to the "Must be pronounced like the home language" rule of thumb...

Numbers and letters.

Deux Chevaux?

[TooMany2cvs]

Hugo a Gogo said:

TooMany2cvs said:

There does seem to be a marked exception to the "Must be pronounced like the home language" rule of thumb...

Numbers and letters.

Deux Chevaux?

Peut-etre...

But I didn't use to have a Deux-Cent-Cinq. Nor did I have a series of Say-Ix or a Gay-Ess-Ah. Nor did I ever have an Alfa settanta cinque...

[Hugo a Gogo]

it's a shame, cos Italian ones do sound better

think of the Quattroporte, the Cinquecento sounds more fun than the plain old five hundred, and the Fiat badge with 'Sedicivalvole' accross the back of a dull old Tipo or whatever

and of course a French Déesse or an Idée are better than a DS or ID

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Wednesday 22 March 11:20

[GroundEffect]

JulianHJ said:

Johnny 89 said:

It's actually a Ford K A (kay aay)

Is that the official Ford line? If so then even their salesmen can get this wrong. I was in my local dealership last week and the salesman I was talking to repeatedly referred to his previous demo as a 'Kah'.

No. It's a Kah. Always has been.

[PoleDriver]

Has nobody mentioned the Mitsubishi Starion yet?

[GuitarTech]

Here in Germany a lot of people say Hyundai Tuc-son instead of Tooson ( City in Arizona). Makes my teeth ache
And don't get me started about how they say Jibson instead of Gibson, or Chessna instead of Cessna.

[ChasW]

As a boy I used to pronounce Renault as Wren Alt (Alt as in Control Alt Delete). My Mum sometimes pronounced Audi as Ordee. Audi was a new brand at the time so no-one was quite sure.

[Pan Pan Pan]

delta0 said:

We are just as bad in the U.K. Hyundai, Hi-yun-die is how we pronounce it. It is actually pronounced Hyun-dae. Dacia is another. We pronounce it Day-see-ya. It is actually Dat-che-a.

Next time I go fishing I will see if I can catch some Datch
A particualarly annoying one is the Americanized version of Nissan, which they pronounce Kneesarn, and Bugatti, which they pronounce Bugarty. or Maserati which they seem to pronounce as Marsararti.
locally the word scones is also an annoying one, with some pronouncing it scons, and others scones. To me if it has an E on the end it should be scones as in motorway cones... or should it be cons????

[xjay1337]

Muddle238 said:

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

HALLO I DRIVE A VAJ.