Mispronunciation of car make/model

[anonymous-user]

Muddle238 said:

Watching an episode of Jay Leno's Garage, he pronounced Citroen as "Sit-tro-enn", whereas most people I know would say "Sit-tren". Not sure what's technically correct

The diacritic mark '..' over the 'e' in Citroën indicates that there is a 'pause', effectively inserting an extra syllable where one would not normally be.

Hence the correct(ish) pronunciation is 'See-troe-enn'

[Baz Tench]

MockingJay said:

I know somebody who calls Audi 'Aldi'

Winds me up.

When Audis started appearing on our roads in the seventies. My Dad referred to then as 'Oordis', which would make sense when you think of words like audible and audio.

Edited by Baz Tench on Tuesday 21st March 07:56

[stugolf]

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

[Monkeylegend]

It doesn't matter. What a sad boring world it would be if we all pronounced every word exactly the same, we would sound like robots.

Embrace the differences, who is to say who is right anyway, we all know what is meant.

Do you lot really want a black and white world :

[anonymous-user]

Monkeylegend said:

It doesn't matter. What a sad boring world it would be if we all pronounced every word exactly the same, we would sound like robots.

Embrace the differences, who is to say who is right anyway, we all know what is meant.

Do you lot really want a black and white world :

I should of known you'd say that

[Monkeylegend]

280E said:

Monkeylegend said:

It doesn't matter. What a sad boring world it would be if we all pronounced every word exactly the same, we would sound like robots.

Embrace the differences, who is to say who is right anyway, we all know what is meant.

Do you lot really want a black and white world :

I should of known you'd say that

Have

[craigjm]

Baz Tench said:

MockingJay said:

I know somebody who calls Audi 'Aldi'

Winds me up.

When Audis started appearing on our roads in the seventies. My Dad referred to then as 'Oordis'.

Which in native German is pretty much correct as AU is pronounced OR but over the years even they have anglicized it

[TooMany2cvs]

MikeT66 said:

Is there a definitive version of 'Countach'?

I've heard 'Countack'... 'Countash'... 'Coontash'... and, er, 'Ctash' - the latter from an Italian, who could have been taking the pee.

Isn't it "-ache"?

[MikeT66]

TooMany2cvs said:

MikeT66 said:

Is there a definitive version of 'Countach'?

I've heard 'Countack'... 'Countash'... 'Coontash'... and, er, 'Ctash' - the latter from an Italian, who could have been taking the pee.

Isn't it "-ache"?

Is that because the seats are too hard for the ladies?

[berlintaxi]

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.

[Hugo a Gogo]

craigjm said:

Which in native German is pretty much correct as AU is pronounced OR but over the years even they have anglicized it

wha?

AU is never OR, it's always Ow (but Äu is 'Oy')

Augsburg, Auerbach etc

one company you'll never hear any Brits demanding the German pronunciation is AMG

sound like a Geordie saying "Ah'm Gay"

[rodericb]

Lefty said:

I've heard Mongs pronounce Audi as Oddy. As in Audio but without the O.

Ha ha, that'd be quite the wind-up. Better still, just call call it Audio. Aldi is quite good too.

Edited by rodericb on Tuesday 21st March 08:39

[HTP99]

swisstoni said:

280E said:

I'm pretty sure that if you went to a tyre fitters asking for a set of 'Meesh-lanns', they'd think you were a right tt

Or Continentaals.

The bloke on the radio ad pronounces Continental as Conti-nen-tile, I guess he knows.

I hate Renault being pronounced Ren-ult.

Dacia is Dat-cha, not Day-see-ya, or Da-key-ya or Dar-see-ya.

Peugeot is another; I've heard Pew-jo.

[Bennet]

Johnny 89 said:

Matt-il77s said:

Does anyone actually know how to pronounce Ka?

I always thought the ford EcoSport was eco as in economic, but the radio advert pronounces it as echo-sport

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

How do you know?
I asked in a ford dealership once and they said it was "Kah". Like "cat" without the T.

[Benmac]

Not so much mispronounciation but my father in law will happily tell you he used to have a Vauxhall "Vector". The car to which he refers was a Mk1 Vectra but to him it was a "Vector".

Tried pointing out that he was wrong once but he was utterly adamant it was a Vector and when shown pictures of them online, even badges saying Vectra he went further by saying that the badge on his definitely said Vector so it must have been some sort of special version. It wasn't; it was a poverty spec navy blue diesel offering.

[Bennet]

Section 8 said:

I know it's petty but it makes my teeth itch when watching a car show and the presenter insists on saying the car name wrong! Example last nights Top Gear. Yeah i know he's a yank but ffs Le Blanc you are in the UK now it's Fiat ( fee-ut) not ( fay-yaght). His pronunciation of Abarth was way off too.

I found all the triumphalism about overtaking Porches in a golf more annoying.

[TooMany2cvs]

Benmac said:

Not so much mispronounciation but my father in law will happily tell you he used to have a Vauxhall "Vector". The car to which he refers was a Mk1 Vectra but to him it was a "Vector".

Tried pointing out that he was wrong once but he was utterly adamant it was a Vector and when shown pictures of them online, even badges saying Vectra he went further by saying that the badge on his definitely said Vector so it must have been some sort of special version. It wasn't; it was a poverty spec navy blue diesel offering.

Did he also used to have a Victor?

[AnotherClarkey]

TooMany2cvs said:

Benmac said:

Not so much mispronounciation but my father in law will happily tell you he used to have a Vauxhall "Vector". The car to which he refers was a Mk1 Vectra but to him it was a "Vector".

Tried pointing out that he was wrong once but he was utterly adamant it was a Vector and when shown pictures of them online, even badges saying Vectra he went further by saying that the badge on his definitely said Vector so it must have been some sort of special version. It wasn't; it was a poverty spec navy blue diesel offering.

Did he also used to have a Victor?

Subtle, not at all Oveur Dunn.

[xjay1337]

The C apostrophe d.

[Sid123]

It's just a question of how we read the words in our own language.
As people earlier have said Abarth in italian is Ah-bart, Lancia is Lancha, FIAT is Feeyat which I guess is why we pronounce Dacia as Dayseeya.
An italian would pronounce Austin as Auwstin and Vauxhall as Vauwxall as that's how they read it.
I don't have a major issue.
I find it worse when people speaking in english say I am going to Pareey or Roma when we have our own english words for them.
Getting the letters in the wrong order is a different matter...............

Mind you you is it I-suzu (the 'i' as in it) or Eye-suzu as i'm still not sure which is correct in english