how to pronounce

SEAT?

say-ate

Among friends, i'll just take it lightly, laugh it off.
But when strangers or employees of that particular company?
More so when they're so convinced they try to 'correct' you
True story

Countergirl: May i take your order sir?
Me: Yes, i'll have a whop-per set please
Countergirl: *pause then makes a disapproving face* You mean you want whooo-per
Me: Oookay


This post has been edited by azfamy: May 3 2013, 11:28 PM

Countergirl: May i take your order sir?
Me: Yes, i'll have a whop-per set please
Countergirl: *pause then makes a disapproving face* You mean you want whooo-per
Me: hmm no, its whop-per*giver her the same expression*

Once and for all, correct pronounciation for "Prius" pls

I heard UK ppl call it Pry-us

My cousin who works in UMWT calls it Pree-us

Which one?

This post has been edited by dares: May 3 2013, 11:48 PM

Chevrolet...u dont pronounce the 't'. It's share- vo- lay.

Actually the english (and french) are among the most stubborn/arrogant of all when it comes to language to the point that they'd just pronounce any foreign word however they like it regardless right or wrong. As you put it, they just don't give a vuck

Anyway, in this case, i pronounce it as Pree-us. Like your cousin.

The 'r' is silent in 'vro' ?
When shortened to Chevy, is it still Shavvy or does it become Chavvy?

Toyota = tow your car

Porsche is totally wrong. Porsche ends with a schwa... like about. Porsch-eeh also can.

Volkswagen, again, is wrong. Haiya.

At around 0:25 you can hear it. Though I wouldn't say it that fast... (In this ad the 2 in the Citroen are making fun of the family dad as he is loading stuff into his MPV (MPVs have a bit of a bad reputation in Germany... only men who already have children (life has ended at that point...) drive them)). In any case, typically Germans would not say Volkswagen, they'd say VW. Fau-weeeh (e as in the English letter a, perhaps a bit lower... similar to Porsche). In Volkswagen there is no r.

Peugeot sounds wrong too... more like how an American would pronounce it. IMHO (from what little I remember of the French lessons) it'd be peuh (un peu...) schoo.


Audi is Latin btw. The founder of Horch (to listen in German) was bought out or kicked out of his company or something like that, so he founded a new company... and called it Audi (to listen in Latin). Smart.

Btw. I did comment here, twice. Weirdly enough the comments didn't appear...

In any case I don't think it is good to use the real pronunciation in a foreign country that generally uses a different pronunciation... it just makes people go "huh?".

This post has been edited by kadajawi: May 4 2013, 12:43 AM

Haha, really? It is a slightly rough language, I give you that, but I don't get a sore throat from it.

Isn't it vee-dub? double you is a bit excessive... like BMW is cut short to bee em or beemer.

Haha, I wish someone would give me that "you think you're German ah" line.

@Kallord: Hm. I'd say V is a softer version of F. If you say f, as in fast, your teeth touch the lips and there is a slight hissing sound. That is missing from V (though not when saying Volk). Both in English and German, though German is more towards W. Come to think of it V can be both W or F. W itself is quite close to the English W.

Seat to me is Sei-aht. But I'm not Spanish, nor did I ever learn that language.

@kadajawi finally here.
Now that's some lesson.

Even though i know the correct pronunciation, I will still follow the way most people pronounce it.

You know, when u say folks-wa-gen (the correct way), most if not all people will "har?" at you.

test

Americans pronounce it as Shev roe lay and the shortened form is just Shevvy

I can use a German beer now and drink to that

I always find the people in the tv ad always say car brands in a purposeful funny way, hey it is an ad , and it is supposed to leave an impression.

So the 1st VW Saran ad has the same fancy smancy way to say VW.

But back to regular folks, I can understand TS's point that if you try to pronounce as correct as those add, u 'll probably raise some eye brow and met with questioning glance that says "say it again, what was that???,"

Peushoo? I bet it will definitely met with the same reaction

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: May 4 2013, 12:57 PM

This is why local carmakers should never name their cars with difficult to pronounce European words (difficult for some, at least)

When a customer walks into a Proton showroom and announces to the nearest SA "I mau tengok tu Proton Preef!" I died a little inside.

Died a little because my inside was laughing so hard. Tru story, when the car was newly launched

Sad part is, until today my sister still calls it Preef.

Hey you eye brows do raises...I mean your avatar, hahaha

Preef? At least it is not pervert

I think in the ad he pronounces it very clearly, which makes it sound funny.

Preve is just wrong.

how do pronounce this
http://www.koenigsegg.com/

koenigsegg

corn need shack?