Mispronunciation of car make/model

[pembo]

MockingJay said:

I know somebody who calls Audi 'Aldi'

Winds me up.

Try living in Essex, they all pronounce both of them exactly the same way.

Have you heard this one before:
Peugeot- Pee-you-joe :/

[ajprice]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

Johnny 89 said:

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

The original TV adverts for the Mk1 actually pronounced it "car"...as in "get in to the ka (car)"

When I go to Ford at Daventry it's a fairly 50:50 split between people pronouncing it "car" or "kay ay".

Depending on nothing in particular, I say it as 'carr' or 'cah' as in Ulrika-ka-ka-ka from Vic & Bob on Shooting Stars

[r11co]

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

Even their own marketing team have given up on that one. Mitchell-Lynn is what you hear in their latest TV ads.

[Mabbs9]

Johnny 89 said:

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

I remember the KA launch and I read it should be pronounced like ca. It's meant to be a funky play on car.

[MorganP104]

gmaz said:

My bro-in-law went into an Aston Martin showroom, pointed at a car and asked the salesman "How much is the Austin?"

Salesman: "Whatever your absolute top-end budget is, plus ten thousand pounds, sir."

[Mabbs9]

While I'm at it. Nissan Prim Aera! Was meant to be pronounced Prime Era.

[HazzaCrawf]

Por....sche; as reiterated by Porsche themselves not a month ago



Not "Porsh"

[TooMany2cvs]

Mabbs9 said:

While I'm at it. Nissan Prim Aera! Was meant to be pronounced Prime Era.

Oh, you mean the Primula?

[Jimmy Recard]

Hugo a Gogo said:

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"

I can understand not knowing, but I think he just decided to make it up and say it with enough authority that he wouldn't be questioned.

But on a website this size, most languages will be represented by a high level speaker so it didn't work

[P5BNij]

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.

Always thought of it as 'Coontash', I read in one of the Lambo books that it's a regional Italian catch all word (Emilian area I think) which broadly speaking means 'holy f*ck that's cocking ace that is'

[Toltec]

Cold said:

Chorizo.

Hang on, wrong thread.

That's a Chevrolet isn't it? Or is it a Cheviot?

[Sid123]

P5BNij 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.

Always thought of it as 'Coontash', I read in one of the Lambo books that it's a regional Italian catch all word (Emilian area I think) which broadly speaking means 'holy f*ck that's cocking ace that is'

Yes I think it's a colloquial exclamation from Emiglia Romagna but think it would be pronounced Coontack in italian.
I would expect people to say Contarsh/arsh in english....

[Liggle]

I had a Toyota Paseo and every other owner I met pronounced it differently!

Pass-ey-oh
Passy-oh
Pace-oh

Same with the Scirocco

She-rocco
Si-rocco

[VladD]

Liggle said:

I had a Toyota Paseo and every other owner I met pronounced it differently!

Pass-ey-oh
Passy-oh
Pace-oh

Same with the Scirocco

She-rocco
Si-rocco

Ski-rocco
Sheer-occo

[Drew106]

I've always struggled with 'Abarth'. Which is annoying as I love them and would like to pronounce it correctly lol.

I have mostly heard it pronounced ah-bath as in I'm going to run a bath. So this is how I say it. But what about the R?? It looks like it should be pronounced ah-barth, but I've never heard this.

I'm sure Richard Hammond pronounced it R-bath on Top Gear once, this just confuses me further! lol.

Then I read that the Italians pronounce it A-bart.

I think I'll just stick with ah-bath..

[Plinth]

Drew106 said:

I've always struggled with 'Abarth'. Which is annoying as I love them and would like to pronounce it correctly lol.

I have mostly heard it pronounced ah-bath as in I'm going to run a bath. So this is how I say it. But what about the R?? It looks like it should be pronounced ah-barth, but I've never heard this.

I'm sure Richard Hammond pronounced it R-bath on Top Gear once, this just confuses me further! lol.

Then I read that the Italians pronounce it A-bart.

I think I'll just stick with ah-bath..

An Italian once told me it is:

"AH" (as in "cat") "BART" (as in "Simpson")

[craigjm]

Jimmy Recard said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

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"

I can understand not knowing, but I think he just decided to make it up and say it with enough authority that he wouldn't be questioned.

But on a website this size, most languages will be represented by a high level speaker so it didn't work

That's where you're wrong actually. One of my fathers friends is German and was a senior manager in the company in the 70s in Germany and that was how he always said it and he used to correct people stating that the or-di pronunciation was how it was spoken internally.

Making assumptions on ones motives is never a good thing

If we have a native German speaker that has worked within the company who wants to dispute that then fine call them out. It is a discussion forum after all

[mudster]

Hugo a Gogo said:

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"

Pronunciation of AMG never crossed my mind. Won't be able to forget that now

Mercedes G Wagen is a little unfortunate as well.

[C.A.R.]

Americans.

Can't pronounce the second "T" in Toyota. Instead pronounce 'Toyo-da'

And when did Maz-da become Maas-da?

Knee-San instead of Niss-an.

Soo-brew instead of Su-ba-ru. Skipping a whole syllable there.

Don't even get started on Dacia. The company that can't even pronounce it's own name proper

Datcher. WTF.

[Hugo a Gogo]

craigjm said:

That's where you're wrong actually. One of my fathers friends is German and was a senior manager in the company in the 70s in Germany and that was how he always said it and he used to correct people stating that the or-di pronunciation was how it was spoken internally.

Making assumptions on ones motives is never a good thing

If we have a native German speaker that has worked within the company who wants to dispute that then fine call them out. It is a discussion forum after all

German language doesn't really have variations in pronunciation, its spoken as its written - however 'Audi' is in fact a Latin word - same root as Audio (which Germans would pronounce Owd ee oh) - so who knows...

any native Latin speakers here?