Americanisms

[niky]

Aluminum lacks a the i required for aluminium. Also, all the car dealers here pronounce Hyundai Hun-day, and it annoys me that tgose selling the car don't know the proper way to pronounce it.

When in doubt, say it like the Koreans do.


Hun-dai. Not too far from Hun-day.

How did you think it was pronounced?

 

[rb26x]

When in doubt, say it like the Koreans do.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=212Fdc5Mi-k">YouTube Link</a>
Hun-dai. Not too far from Hun-day.

How did you think it was pronounced?

Hay-un-dai

And shem, saying someone is moist for you is pretty much something a teen would say, being careless for manners like teens, most would simply use the term "wet", but even more refined (if it can be called that) is just wants.

 

[axletramp]

^ I prefer 'gagging for it'.

 

[Keef]

Hay-un-dai

Like I said earlier, Hyundai's own commercials tell us it's "Hun-day, like Sunday."

^ I prefer 'gagging for it'.

This is a g-rated establishment bro, be easy!

 

[axletramp]

^ Oh the irony. That's a pretty tame and tough-in-cheek expression in the UK.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Peugeot or Perrgeot

Whenever I'm following Radio Le Mans and they have American guests, I get incredibly annoyed when they say "Poo-jo" instead of Peugeot.

 

[daan]

I get incredibly annoyed when they say "Poo-jo" instead of Peugeot.

And how are you pronouncing it?

 

[Bram Turismo]

Like the french. Certainly not something involving the word "poo".

 

[axletramp]

On a theme, has anyone mentioned that it's Jag-u-ar not Jag-wah! Jaaaaaag is just about acceptable.

 

[TheCracker]

On a theme, has anyone mentioned that it's Jag-u-ar not Jag-wah! Jaaaaaag is just about acceptable.

Or even Jag-you-er.

 

[W3H5]

Or Boogatti? I think you'll find a 'u' in there somewhere.

 

[Submerged]

"u" and the elongated "o" can sound pretty similar in a word.

 

[W3H5]

But B'you'gatti by any reckoning should be the right pronunciation, right?

 

[DG_Silva]

I think B'yew-gatti would be closer to it.

 

[W3H5]

^ Seriously? That's exactly what I'm saying!

 

[Submerged]

...Now you have got me wondering about the correct pronunciation.

I basically would have thought it would have been something like "B-youu-gattee" or something similar to that (its an exaggerated word for me to get a vague idea how I suspect it would be pronounced).

"i"'s are more commonly pronounced with an "e" sound rather than an "i", when it is at the end of the word, I have noticed.

 

[W3H5]

But being a non English word surely everyone knows that Bugatti ends with a 'e' (long sound).

What's really going to make you laugh is that it's illegal, in the state, to mispronounce Arkansas!

 

[Roush_fan_99]

But being a non English word surely everyone knows that Bugatti ends with a 'e' (long sound).

What's really going to make you laugh is that it's illegal, in the state, to mispronounce Arkansas!

I thought it was misspell, I could be wrong

Did I misspell misspell?

 

[Beeblebrox237]

On a theme, has anyone mentioned that it's Jag-u-ar not Jag-wah! Jaaaaaag is just about acceptable.

I know. I always pronounce it correctly, then get ridiculed for it by my American friends.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

I know. I always pronounce it correctly, then get ridiculed for it by my American friends.

So it's jag-u-ar not jag-wire right?

 

[Beeblebrox237]

So it's jag-u-ar not jag-wire right?

Right. Three distinct syllables.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

Right. Three distinct syllables.

The u being you or oo?

 

[Wiegert]

The u being you or oo?

It's pronounced "you" rather than "oo".

 

[Schwartz]

Just watch an episode of Top Gear

 

[Smallhorses]

Can't believe this thread has got this far without anyone mentioning the Cheshire village of Cholmondley.
(Yeah, that's pronounced chum-lee )

 

[Wiegert]

The only place name I can remember off the top of my head that's pronounced differently to how it's spelt is Alnwick (Ann-ick), which is in Northumberland.

 

[Villain]

Apples and pears.



Explain.

 

[MadMike'86]

Apples and pears.



Explain.

If your refering to Cockney Slang, then it means Stairs.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

The only place name I can remember off the top of my head that's pronounced differently to how it's spelt is Alnwick (Ann-ick), which is in Northumberland.

Greenwich (Gren-ich), correct me if I'm wrong

 

[mattythedog]

Greenwich (Gren-ich), correct me if I'm wrong

Correct. And Flitwick (flit-ick) in Bedfordshire.