Pismronounced Car Names

[Liquid]

Still to this day I read and say Toyota "Aletzza"

I'm sure we all used to do this when we were younger. Are there any cars or marques whose names you still don't get right to this day? Or you happened to misread it the first time and it just won't go away?

Of course, there are dialectal differences such as Hun-day and Hi-yun-die. Or not pronouncing the original language correctly; Lan-see-a/Lan-tcha and Day-see-a/Da-tcha.

But are there any you mispronounce and you know you mispronounce?

 

[Grayfox]

The its not a car 8C Competizione

How many of us have issues saying that last part.

 

[Liquid]

Never had trouble with that one. Com-pe-tits-ee-o-nee. Yes, the stress really is there.

How do you usually say it?

 

[Bo]

Isn't there the car pronunciation thread?

 

[sailworksman]

This one seems easy, but have heard it pronounced wrong many times, including me. Huayra (wai-rah) by Pagani. I would say High-raw.

 

[Liquid]

Isn't there the car pronunciation thread?

This isn't a how to pronounce, more of a "what do you mispronounce and always have done?"

 

[Bo]

As a young child, I used to deliberately mispronounce Sagaris as "Sa-gah-dees" because it sounded cool.

 

[Zenith]

It's Hyundai like Sunday, not High-Yun-Die.

 

[86Debris86]

As a young child, I used to deliberately mispronounce Sagaris as "Sa-gah-dees" because it sounded cool.

Each to their own.

Obviously the Pagani Huayrauhuahua... it's difficult to stop spelling that one... is a tough one. I usually say Huh-rah, but I'm sure that's not right.

Another for me, although it's not really the same thing, is the KTM XBOW. I refuse to say "Crossbow!" It's like Jeremy Clarkson and the Kia "Cee - apostrophe - dee" for me.

It's Hyundai like Sunday, not High-Yun-Die.

Isn't it different depending on where in the world the dealership is?

 

[Bo]

I only say Cee-apostrophe-dee now.

 

[Bopop4]

People saying sel I ca for the celica.

The murcielago is pronounced mur cee el ago, not mur cee lago.

 

[sparkytooth]

Pagani Huayaba

 

[GranTurismo916]

KTM X-BOW - I still say X-Bow instead of crossbow.
Huayra - There's no way I'm pronouncing this right
Koenigsegg - Or this either.
Gallardo - I used to say Guh-lahr-do but I now say Guy-ahr-do.
Murcielago - I pronounce the c as an s instead of a k.
Porsche - I still catch myself saying/thinking pohrsh instead of pohr-sha.

 

[Roflwaffle]

Huayra - There's no way I'm pronouncing this right
Koenigsegg - Or this either.

Ha-Why-ra
Ko-nig-seg

 

[GranTurismo916]

Ha-Why-ra
Ko-nig-seg

Thanks. I always pronounced them Hoo-ay-ra and Ko-uh-nig-seg.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Already a thread about name pronunciation

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/questions-about-car-pronunciation.51964/

 

[SomePlayaDude]

I thought the infamous ReBenton should seriously pop up. I learned how to say Gallardo when my dad was obsessed with it and correcting his friends when he learned from an Italian guy (thanks dad).

Reminds me when i still called Camaro "Ca-ma-row", not "Keh-ma-roe"

Bugatti's cancelled Galibier. I say it as Gha-lee-bi-yer, and i dunno if that's right.

Then we have Scaglietti. Skagh-lee-ye-tiy. Like above, i dunno.

And a small problem: Lykan. You say it like the usual Lie-cun, or Lie-cahn, or worse: Lie-KAHN!


Kahn
Kahn
Kahn
Kahn

 

[Liquid]

@AudiMan2011 I know, it's a great thread to which I've contributed a lot. This was supposed to be about cars/marques you know you mispronounce even though you know what the correct one is.

As in my OP, I've just always had a thing about the Toyota "Aletzza" even though I know it is supposed to be Altezza. It's not a question of asking for a correct pronunciation, it's pointing out idiosyncratic pronunctiations which haven't gone away even with the correct information.

But if it crosses over with the other thread too much, then... there you go.

 

[86Debris86]

Murcielago - I pronounce the c as an s instead of a k.

I think the c is pronounced as "che." I'm not 100% sure though.

 

[Bo]

I think the c is pronounced as "che." I'm not 100% sure though.

It's a "she" sound. Mer-she-el-argo.

 

[86Debris86]

It's a "she" sound. Mer-she-el-argo.

That would be pretty much how I would say it. I should have stated a "soft che."

Any Italians here?..

 

[Slash]

When I was little I pronouced Camaro as "Ca-marr-oh" instead of "Ca-mair-oh"

I pronounce Porsche as "Por-sh", not "Por-sh-uh". People say it the second way drive me nuts.

 

[Liquid]

I pronounce Porsche as "Por-sh", not "Por-sh-uh". People say it the second way drive me nuts.

That is the correct way though.

 

[Slash]

That is the correct way though.

Maybe so, but you get funny looks if you say it like that. I think the "e" on the end is what confuses people. So many English words have a silent e, so putting that in there at the end makes you look kinda funny, let alone not even the correct sound for the letter.

I'll keep pronouncing it as "Por-sh". That seems correct to me.

 

[Liquid]

Blame the French. Ze Germans pronounce their Es.

Oh, it took me a while to know how to say 'Cerbera'.

 

[Tornado]

Ren-alt

 

[Bo]

Ren-alt

Eww.

Please no.

 

[Exorcet]

That would be pretty much how I would say it. I should have stated a "soft che."

Any Italians here?..

ci in Italian sounds like chi in English, as it does in the word "ciao".

As for me, since forever I thought Nismo was Nimso. I can still say it wrong on occasion.

 

[Azure Flare]

Ren-alt

Re-no.

 

[DrPuppetwarrior]

I never caught on to saying "Peugeot" properly.