The way Brits pronounce Nissan makes me cringe
The way Brits pronounce Nissan makes me cringe
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DOCG

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714 posts

72 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.

I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.

WonkeyDonkey

2,497 posts

121 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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The way Americans say Jaguar makes me cringe but that's just regional dialects for you.

DOCG

Original Poster:

714 posts

72 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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WonkeyDonkey said:
The way Americans say Jaguar makes me cringe but that's just regional dialects for you.
Usually on Americans are much worse on pronunciations but the way they pronounce Nissan and Hyundai is a lot closer to the correct Japanese and Korean pronunciations, maybe because of the much larger number of Japanese and Koreans in the US?

Robb F

4,612 posts

189 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.

I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.
So you learnt some Japanese and need to find a way to let everyone know, so you've started pronouncing Nissan in a silly way to flex your superior knowledge.

Meanwhile everyone else is trying to avoid talking to you because they don't want a smug 5 minute lecture about how "Neesarn" is actually much closer to the Japanese pronunciation

irocfan

45,141 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.

I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.
Don't get me started on Porsch. hehe

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

279 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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It's a Porsha, Cayenne. Like da peppa!


DOCG

Original Poster:

714 posts

72 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Robb F said:
So you learnt some Japanese and need to find a way to let everyone know, so you've started pronouncing Nissan in a silly way to flex your superior knowledge.

Meanwhile everyone else is trying to avoid talking to you because they don't want a smug 5 minute lecture about how "Neesarn" is actually much closer to the Japanese pronunciation
It's actually like Nees - ahn, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

Edited by DOCG on Thursday 18th June 10:24

MXRod

2,840 posts

165 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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It's pronounced Datsun , isn't it ?

Edited by MXRod on Thursday 18th June 10:22

InitialDave

13,909 posts

137 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.
No one cares. It's basically the "official" UK pronunciation, as used by Nissan UK themselves.

DOCG said:
I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.
And? Same here, what's your point?

Cyder

7,169 posts

238 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.

I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.
It's going to deeply upset you when you I tell you that everyone in the UK technical centre and production plants pronounce it the UK way too isn't it? And many of us speak an element of Japanese too. hehe

It'll make it even worse if I tell you that when I visit the Technical Centre in Japan they mispronounce English words. yikes

hyphen

26,262 posts

108 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It is so far from the Japanese pronunciation it is just awful.

I'm British myself but have learnt a bit of Japanese.
Why does it make you cringe? Why just Nissan.

untakenname

5,187 posts

210 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Japanese pronounce it differently dependent on their regional dialect as well, listen to the difference between JDM Master and how the others say it

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

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
WonkeyDonkey said:
The way Americans say Jaguar makes me cringe but that's just regional dialects for you.
Usually on Americans are much worse on pronunciations but the way they pronounce Nissan and Hyundai is a lot closer to the correct Japanese and Korean pronunciations, maybe because of the much larger number of Japanese and Koreans in the US?
Don't American's pronounce is "Neesarn".

Maybe it's all down to the spelling.

Castrol for a knave

6,408 posts

109 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
Robb F said:
So you learnt some Japanese and need to find a way to let everyone know, so you've started pronouncing Nissan in a silly way to flex your superior knowledge.

Meanwhile everyone else is trying to avoid talking to you because they don't want a smug 5 minute lecture about how "Neesarn" is actually much closer to the Japanese pronunciation
It's actually like Nees - ahn, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

Edited by DOCG on Thursday 18th June 10:24
Are you Matt Berry?

Robb F

4,612 posts

189 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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DOCG said:
It's actually like Nees - ahn, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

Edited by DOCG on Thursday 18th June 10:24
Didn't ask

Wadeski

8,727 posts

231 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Pronunciation is interesting, isn't it?

Anglicized pronunciations of certain words makes you a total pleb, yet if you go around saying Paree and Barthelona you are a pompous ass. No consistency, or really, reason.


aaron_2000

5,407 posts

101 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Tyre Smoke said:
It's a Porsha, Cayenne. Like da peppa!

laughlaugh

DOCG

Original Poster:

714 posts

72 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Wadeski said:
Pronunciation is interesting, isn't it?

Anglicized pronunciations of certain words makes you a total pleb, yet if you go around saying Paree and Barthelona you are a pompous ass. No consistency, or really, reason.
Very true, although I do err on the side of pronouncing foreign words the way they are in their language of origin.

DOCG

Original Poster:

714 posts

72 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Cyder said:
It's going to deeply upset you when you I tell you that everyone in the UK technical centre and production plants pronounce it the UK way too isn't it? And many of us speak an element of Japanese too. hehe

It'll make it even worse if I tell you that when I visit the Technical Centre in Japan they mispronounce English words. yikes
I'm aware that the mispronunciation is very well established, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest considering that Nissan UK uses it in advertising (for obvious reasons).

hyphen

26,262 posts

108 months

Thursday 18th June 2020
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Robb F said:
DOCG said:
It's actually like Nees - ahn, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

Edited by DOCG on Thursday 18th June 10:24
Didn't ask
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