Pismronounced Car Names

[sparkytooth]

I used to emphasize the A in Megane with a silent E at the end, but now I pronounce the E at the end with less emphasis on the A.

Or maybe I'm still wrong and it was Megan all along.

 

[GranTurismo916]

I used to emphasize the A in Megane with a silent E at the end, but now I pronounce the E at the end with less emphasis on the A.

Or maybe I'm still wrong and it was Megan all along.

I say "meh-gain."

 

[sparkytooth]

I say "meh-gain."

That's exactly how I used to say it, but now I say Megan-E.

 

[Grayfox]

I say Me-Ghan

 

[ProjectWHaT]

When I read car names that are difficult, I would just glaze over them and read past them, acknowledging they were there in the sentence, but never pronounce it. When I have to say 'em, I just kinda mumble them, and hope the other person understands...

 

[Bopop4]

I always thought that Impreza was spelt Imprenza.

 

[sparkytooth]

Jagwar or Jag-u-ar?

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Jagwar or Jag-u-ar?

latter

 

[sparkytooth]

latter

I either say JAG or Jag-u-ar.

 

[Slash]

Jagwar or Jag-u-ar?

First.

 

[sparkytooth]

First.

No, Jag.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I'm guilty of saying Jag-war. It's an ugly word compared to the softer almost "shh"-like proper way, and it took me until the Austin Powers movies to realize why Shaguar was such a low-hanging fruit.

I try to pronounce Hyundai as Hun-day, but funnily enough, my dad's repeated mispronounciation of it as I grew up - because he was a fan - means I still resort to -die.

Odd-ie is another bad habit. Again, blame parents growing up.

Oh - it's a 360 Challenge Strah-dahl for me too, I've never pronounced the hard E, even if you're supposed to.

 

[Slash]

I guess I'd say Jaguar more like "Jag-ware" were "are" sounds like the normal word.

 

[Gerarghini]

When I was a kid I used to pronounce Peugeot as pew-gee-ot or something like it.

 

[Slash]

When I was a kid I used to pronounce Peugeot as pew-gee-ot or something like it.

I pronounce it similarly.

 

[sparkytooth]

I used to say Pidgeot when referring to Peugeot.

 

[Slash]

I used to say Pidgeot when referring to Peugeot.

I'm heard it that way as well.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I guess I'd say Jaguar more like "Jaw-ware" were "are" sounds like the normal word.

Where's the "G"?!

 

[ildd]

Jagwar or Jag-u-ar?

As long as it's not Jag-wire

 

[Eric Demory]

I either say JAG or Jag-u-ar.

Taking speech classes that helped me pronounce my Rs better, came out to make me over-pronounce them. I say Jagraur.

I used to say Pidgeot when referring to Peugeot.

It was either Poorgot or Puregay........ oh damn!

 

[Slash]

Where's the "G"?!

Typo. Fixed now.

 

[Wiegert]

I always thought that Impreza was spelt Imprenza.

Oddly enough, I also spelt it with an errant "n" at one point, in exactly the same way you did.

This was before I first played GT1, though. Having only read the word once before by that point, I realised my memory of it had skewed somewhat.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Typo. Fixed now.

Oh thank god. I thought you were horribly miss pronouncing it all your life

 

[Slash]

Oh thank god. I thought you were horribly miss pronouncing it all your life

Nah. I may be dumb, but not that dumb

 

[aarror]

I used to pronounce Buick as "bwick", which although describing the way they drive rather brilliantly, is pretty far off the mark.

I also pronounce the french brands the British way, since I used to watch WRC highlight shows.

 

[Liquid]

Try saying Alcyone...

Oh that's a good one, 8 times out of 10 I still look at it as Alclone. The other 2 times as Al-see-ohn.

So I'm still wrong after all of these years.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Oh that's a good one, 8 times out of 10 I still look at it as Alclone. The other 2 times as Al-see-ohn.

So I'm still wrong after all of these years.

I pronounce it al-see-own which is completely incorrect.

 

[Steele_obsidion]

for me, i know its a Mazda Protegé pro-ta-zhay. but i always pronounced it pro-teh-gee

 

[Doodle]

Not sure how I should feel that I had the same pronounciation issues as @Slash

 

[Gerarghini]

Citroën - Is it Sit-tren? I used to pronounce it criteron.