Not sure if mods allow this in FnF. But it's still related to cars.
Ok so we know brands come from different countries and the most 'accurate' pronunciation depends on the origin of the respective brand.
So Perodua is Malaysian and thus Purr-Row-Do-A or Purr-Row-Do-Ah.
Honda is Japanese so Hawn-Dar. Toyota is Tow-Your-Ta.
Bentley is Bent-Lee and Aston Martin is Ass-Turn Marr-Tin.
Ok so english, japanese are east peasy.

But the Frenchies, is it Peugeot is Purr-Joe of Pew-Joe?
I know Carrefour is Car-foo and not Care-Four.
I get slight irritation when people (especially employees) pronounce them wrongly.
Same goes for Burger King's Whopper which should be Warp-Purr and not Whoop-Purr.

Italian Alfa Romeo is Alpha-Row-May-Yo and rather than Alpha-Row-Me-Oh.

Now the Germans, Audi is Auw-Dee. No problem with that as most of us pronounce it like that anyway.
But Volkswagen is Folks-Wah-Gurn when generally, many of us either say Volks-Wagon or just Vee-Double-You.
Actually, i'm still pronouncing it the 'wrong' way i.e. Volks-Wagon. The English pronounce it that way IINM.
I've no problems with other brands' names but somehow i feel uncomfortable pronouncing Folks-Wah-Gurn.

Do you think you'll sound like a fag if you blurt out Folks-Wah-Gurn ??
You know, speaking of Malaysian context, people will hantam and say you're trying to be a foreign snob.

Contribution of other brands' pronunciation are welcomed. Hyundai?

Hiundie

Poojoe

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: May 3 2013, 01:21 PM

it's Purr-Jaw for Peugeot

Peugeot - Puh-Joe
Hyundai - Hee-Yoon-Day (Europeans pronounce as High-Yoon-Die)
Volkswagen - Fox-wah-Gun
Citroen - See-trone
Renault - Rrr-nolt
Toyota - Toyo-dah
Mercedes - Mer-say-this
Porsche - Por-sher (some just say Porsh)
Proton - Macaucibai

loled at Proton...!

I like the last one

Proton - Macaucibai

Any more questions ?

This last one is some one idea of a joke



This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: May 3 2013, 01:55 PM

Myvi = tur-tle

+
Kancil=gang-cil

Toyota MR2 = Toyota Shit

True story in France.

Vios = ahbeng
City = ahbeng

wah same pronounciation

Caution: Don't ever ever I repeat ever own a car brand you cannot pronounce.

Why? do u need to ask?

+1

My car? oh I just bought a Piujet

Well played

Maybe that's why i haven't bought a sum-soong.... or is it sam-sung?

Thanks for the videos bro great stuff!

Well, there may be merit to it but I am also seeing some heavy American influence in some of the intended pronunciations. Anyway, I have a German friend who keeps pronouncing Porsche as Pour-she...and I dont think he is getting it right.

that makes 2 of us

Yes actually, unanswered question. When a Msian conversing/talking in English or Malay or Mandarin/Hokkien/Cantonese/whatever or Tamil/Urdu (not in deutch lah put it simply) and then suddenly pronounce 'Volkswagen' the german-way 'folks-wah-gern', do you think he'll sound like a fag? Bcoz I don't hear people say it in normal day-to-day conversation.

that cannot be help, e.g. try ask mat salleh to speak malay, they can never get it right mostly, and some how mother tongue affected their intonation. So they too sound like fag. SO if we try too hard, you can imagine, it can by the same token really sound like a fag too.

the whole German language never sound natural to me, try ACHTUNG , i have a fren who learn German and he said it makes his throat sore every time doingit, the German must have developed a thick throat

most malaysians cant even pronounce SAMSUNG correctly

This post has been edited by durianpuff: May 3 2013, 04:48 PM

Hahahahhah!...maybe thats why some them like soft sweet beer!

Malaysians, especially uncle teksi drivers, only know ACHPUIH!

This post has been edited by dares: May 3 2013, 04:55 PM

Ok then. So I'll stick with volks-where-gern or simply vee-double-you. Or maybe @kadajawi will disagree. But he's not here. Yet.

Rilek la bro. No one is perfect in phonetic speech since we're not native speaker of the brand. To-Mae-Toes, To-Mah-Toes why does it matter?

some of the pronunciation is both correct... like Folksfagen n Volkswagen are both correct .. one is in german another 1 english..

I'm a bit irritated that ts put a warp in the whopper...

That's different coz that's a matter of accent, english vs. american. But pronouncing Ayamas as Err-Yeow-Mah maybe unacceptable, even for a non-native.
But that's not the point. I'm asking if it is okay to pronounce it right. Not.. is it okay to pronounce it wrong?
In volkswagen case, pronouncing folks-varr-gurn is faggot but Ow-Dee is not? Isn't it unfair?

I was trying to emphasise like how americans exaggerate the 'a' 'uh' sound in an 'o'. Like when wonder becomes one-der instead of won-der. So yeah it ryhmes with 'wonder'. Maybe I should've spelt whupper?

This post has been edited by azfamy: May 3 2013, 06:19 PM

this thread is great fun! lots of laughs

Frankly speaking, because i was bored to death. Nothing was happening in FnF.
I can't busybody in car club threads as i don't qualify anywhere.
General board got "car versus" thread but not exciting as before.
Need more hardcores/fanboys to make it more lively.

Why is it not right? Who the hell people call other people fag for pronouncing it wrongly? Do you call American, British & the rest of the world except Korean for pronouncing Hyundai wrongly fags?

Why does it matter at all?

Aiyo you miss the point again.
The problem here is not about calling people fag because they pronounce it wrongly.
The problem here is calling people fag or snobs because they pronounce it rightly.

Scenario 1
Me: Hey i'm thinking of getting a folks-varr-gurn.
Friend: Folks-WTF!!!! You think you german ah?? Faggot!!

Clear now?

Bhahahahaa...good one

Try Renault Scenic

thierry henry
chivas

so a nonnative pronounced it correctly is a fag now? stay away from these frens

In German, Letter V is pronounced as English F.

In German, Letter W is pronounced as English V.

Volks = Folks = People

Wagen = Wagon/Carriage = Vehicle

Volkswagen ~ Folks - Vaa - Gen (Pronounce like Melayu baku)

wow. how many small car you want to buy, you already have a saga and a fiesta if i not mistaken,

what is next Rrr-nolt Clio RS?

Eh....No no no no no....I didn't really buy a Piujet, I just posted that for laughs Sorry to disappoint you EnergyAnalyst

I sold the Saga dy not long after getting a Fiesta.

So....instead of the normal spelling I can actually get away with vuck you?

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?

I love this thread!!

I only like the cantonese ones.

E Class - Sei Ngan Chai
Cefiro - Sei Fei Lou
Camry - Kam Lei
Civic - Sei Feng
Corolla - Ko Look La
Hyundai - Chun Tai

hahaha.

This sort of thread is exactly what has been missing in FnF lately, pure fun stuff and educational

Found myself coming back to this thread now n then ...miss this kind of fun

Ferrari is fast coz it's fai lari (Cantonese fast & Malay run)

Volvo is a safe car coz of its super tough body that the other car will be like oh oh

Tata is a cheap unsafe car coz when you bang something, chances are you can say tata to your life

This post has been edited by FlamingFox: Feb 15 2015, 08:49 PM

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.vroomvroo...-names.html/amp

Lancia is pronounced Lancha?! i

BRAVO for necro-ing an old tered that's hardly relevant

Laugh bug learn at the same.time

BMV???!!!

Hahaha their subs are funny