Mispronunciation of car make/model

Mispronunciation of car make/model

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TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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xjay1337 said:
Muddle238 said:
VAG? Would it be "vagg" or "vaj"?
HALLO I DRIVE A VAJ.
Could be worse. They could have bought GM Europe.

A Vaj Azzltra.

Pan Pan Pan

9,777 posts

110 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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As was once said in Abfab My Mum has got a Vulva, its pretty powerful, she can pull a horse box with it smile

Rovinghawk

13,300 posts

157 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Pan Pan Pan said:
To me if it has an E on the end it should be scones as in motorway cones... or should it be cons???? smile
How do you pronounce 'gone'?

AnotherClarkey

3,589 posts

188 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Disastrous said:
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.
'Glesga'. I'm just here for the banter!

tannhauser

1,773 posts

214 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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berlintaxi said:
ecsrobin said:
Section 8 said:
pronunciation of Abarth was way off too.
I have only ever heard it called ar-bath however my dads italian colleague says it should be eh-bart
He is correct, you can just about get a way with Ah-bart, but the H at the end is always silent.
As he is with the pronunciation, FI-AT.

blueg33

35,586 posts

223 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Pan Pan Pan said:
As was once said in Abfab My Mum has got a Vulva, its pretty powerful, she can pull a horse box with it smile
I have a friend that struggles with Volvo. As she said the other week "I'll just put my hoedall in my vulva"

she cant say holdall either!

tannhauser

1,773 posts

214 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Sunnysider said:
I'd feel like a right knobhead if I referred to either my 911 or Boxster as a Porscha.

My cars, I'll call them what I want.
Worst "I have two Porsches" post ever.

It is Porscha btw.

Disastrous

10,072 posts

216 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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AnotherClarkey said:
Disastrous said:
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.
'Glesga'. I'm just here for the banter!


hehe

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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tannhauser said:
Sunnysider said:
I'd feel like a right knobhead if I referred to either my 911 or Boxster as a Porscha.

My cars, I'll call them what I want.
Worst "I have two Porsches" post ever.

It is Porscha btw.
Why is it? Why do you feel the need to pronounce that brand in the native way but not all the others?

I say Porsh for the same reason I say VolksWagen not VolksVagen, I use my own native language to match the spelling as close as is reasonable.

GroundEffect

13,819 posts

155 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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AnotherClarkey said:
Disastrous said:
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.
'Glesga'. I'm just here for the banter!
I'm originally from West Lothian. We called it Glesge. Not Glesga.

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Disastrous said:
AnotherClarkey said:
Disastrous said:
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.
'Glesga'. I'm just here for the banter!


hehe
Ya couple a fannies!

Roger Irrelevant

2,899 posts

112 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Disastrous said:
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.
I stand corrected, thanks for the lesson. It's academic anyway as I have no intention of going anywhere near the place. Embra's lovely though.

vsonix

3,858 posts

162 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Section 8 said:
Mike Brewer made me want to slap his chubby face in when he droned on about a Camaro( cam-aero) calling it a (cam-are-o) over and over again. Cock!!
I used to live in the USA and am fairly certain they pronounce it cam-are-o over there.
In fact I remember a TV ad jingle that went something like 'Camaro Summer!/Saturday Night/AAH!' and it was defo 'cam are oh'

Sid123

255 posts

176 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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poing said:
tannhauser said:
Sunnysider said:
I'd feel like a right knobhead if I referred to either my 911 or Boxster as a Porscha.

My cars, I'll call them what I want.
Worst "I have two Porsches" post ever.

It is Porscha btw.
Why is it? Why do you feel the need to pronounce that brand in the native way but not all the others?

I say Porsh for the same reason I say VolksWagen not VolksVagen, I use my own native language to match the spelling as close as is reasonable.
I couldn't agree more. I think the majority of people speaking english would say Porsh and not Porsha.

If I speak english I say Lanseeya and if I speak italian I say Lancha (and would never dream of saying Lanseeya) because that's how it's generally said in english.
There's no need to try to say Ferrari or Maserati (or Lancia) like an italian if you're speaking english as it just makes you look like a pretentious tt who likely has no language skills at all.....

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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poing said:
tannhauser said:
Sunnysider said:
I'd feel like a right knobhead if I referred to either my 911 or Boxster as a Porscha.

My cars, I'll call them what I want.
Worst "I have two Porsches" post ever.

It is Porscha btw.
Why is it? Why do you feel the need to pronounce that brand in the native way but not all the others?

I say Porsh for the same reason I say VolksWagen not VolksVagen, I use my own native language to match the spelling as close as is reasonable.
We don't do that for everything though, do we. I pronounce chassis the French way (sha-see), rather than cha-sis. And as has been mention before, in the US they do a bit of both, English for the first part and French for the second.

I think we just pick up on what we hear when we're growing up and stick with it.

lucido grigio

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Hugo a Gogo said:
the Cinquecento sounds more fun than the plain old five hundred
After giving a lesson in Italian on previous page,I was ready to have a go at '500'.

Some English speakers have literally no clue how to even attempt

"Cinquecento".

Sinkwee
Chin kee

Nope.

Chin kway chen toe.......Si.....yes

And 600....seicento....say chen toe.

tannhauser

1,773 posts

214 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Sid123 said:
poing said:
tannhauser said:
Sunnysider said:
I'd feel like a right knobhead if I referred to either my 911 or Boxster as a Porscha.

My cars, I'll call them what I want.
Worst "I have two Porsches" post ever.

It is Porscha btw.
Why is it? Why do you feel the need to pronounce that brand in the native way but not all the others?

I say Porsh for the same reason I say VolksWagen not VolksVagen, I use my own native language to match the spelling as close as is reasonable.
I couldn't agree more. I think the majority of people speaking english would say Porsh and not Porsha.

If I speak english I say Lanseeya and if I speak italian I say Lancha (and would never dream of saying Lanseeya) because that's how it's generally said in english.
There's no need to try to say Ferrari or Maserati (or Lancia) like an italian if you're speaking english as it just makes you look like a pretentious tt who likely has no language skills at all.....
Because it's a brand and there's no hardship in pronouncing Porsche correctly! Just like you sound like a thicko if you ask for "jalapenos" in a sandwich shop...



Drew106

1,391 posts

144 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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While we're at it, how do you pronounce Monza? I beleive the eye-talions would say it with a 'T' sound... no? 'Montza'. Like Forza Ferrari - 'Fortza Ferrari'.

Like Pizza - 'Peetza'. Or Imprezza - 'Impretza' (Japanese, I know).

We're more than happy to pronounce some things like the natives but not others. I guess like the guy above said it all just depends what you get used to hearing and grow up with.


I do have a friend who says Austin Martin though, that is just wrong lol.

blueg33

35,586 posts

223 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Drew106 said:
I do have a friend who says Austin Martin though, that is just wrong lol.
I would kill him

Like Clarkson says Astin Martin, also punishable by death

Mound Dawg

1,915 posts

173 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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TooMany2cvs said:
There does seem to be a marked exception to the "Must be pronounced like the home language" rule of thumb...
Which makes me wonder why everyone has been arguing about how the Italians pronounce "Abarth".

Carlo Abarth was Austrian so who cares how the Italians say his name, it's the Austrians you should ask...