questions about car pronunciation?

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How do you pronounce the Plymouth Volaré?
 
Suh-LEEK-a

or

SELL-ikka

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Sell - eekka

Or perhaps it's more Selly-ka
 
I say "Suh/Se-leeka" and get quite a few weird looks/corrections on it. Just about everyone that I've spoken to have said "Sell-ikka".

Then again I also say "Coo-pay" instead of "Coop". I also try to refrain from saying "Jag-yoo-er" since it's so unheard of to anyone I've spoken to. Same thing with "Nissin" instead of "Nee-san", but that's because I've mostly learned anything about foreign cars from foreign people. Can't say the same for "FOARD", "SHEVVEH", and "DAAAHJ".

As for Huayra, I say "Why-ra".
 
chzsln485
To me...

Why-ra = Wira, as in Proton Wira.

Hwy-ra = Huayra, as in Pagani Huayra.

Two very different things, hence I opt to pronounce them differently.
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As for the Wira, I say "Weer-uh"

Of course this is all subjective to me since I know of no official statement from any company regarding its pronunciation.
 
For the record
FORD is pronounced fjord, or fe-yord
Chevy is pronounced Cha-vee
and Chrysler is pronounced, Fix It Again Tony
 
Liquid
Suh-LEEK-a

or

SELL-ikka

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Suh-Leek-Ah.

If you remember the episode of Top Gear where they're in California with Jezza in the Lexus LFA, Hamster in the SRT Viper GTS and Captain Slow with the Aston Martin Vanquish, at some point, you'll hear Hamster say it as such.
 
I often notice that english speakers say Lancia "Lean-zia", but in fact it's "Lunch-ya" :lol:
 
Hyundai.

Oh, boy. When I first heard an Australian say, "Hee-yun-day". I chuckled. Joe Isuzu(moonlighting for Hyundai at the time) taught us North Americans in the 1980s, to pronounce it "Hun-day. Like Sunday or Monday." :lol:
 
ViscousTraction
Then again I also say "Coo-pay" instead of "Coop". I also try to refrain from saying "Jag-yoo-er" since it's so unheard of to anyone I've spoken to. Same thing with "Nissin" instead of "Nee-san", but that's because I've mostly learned anything about foreign cars from foreign people.
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I sometimes hear some people pronounce it as nissin, i always used to say "Neesan" because that's how it's written in my language.

05XR8
Hyundai.

Oh, boy. When I first heard an Australian say, "Hee-yun-day". I chuckled. Joe Isuzu(moonlighting for Hyundai at the time) taught us North Americans in the 1980s, to pronounce it "Hun-day. Like Sunday or Monday." :lol:
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I seriously need some help on that. :p
 
This has bugged me since GT2:

How would you pronounce the Citroën models named "Xsara" and "Xantia"?
 
05XR8
Hyundai.

Oh, boy. When I first heard an Australian say, "Hee-yun-day". I chuckled. Joe Isuzu(moonlighting for Hyundai at the time) taught us North Americans in the 1980s, to pronounce it "Hun-day. Like Sunday or Monday." :lol:
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I've also heard it pronounced by people, "Hund-aye", like a pirate. I have no idea what's correct.
 
Pupik
This has bugged me since GT2:

How would you pronounce the Citroën models named "Xsara" and "Xantia"?
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Kinda like ex-zara and zan-tee-a
 
Pupik
This has bugged me since GT2:

How would you pronounce the Citroën models named "Xsara" and "Xantia"?
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"Zara" and "Zantia", it's a normal prefix-x.

Losco
I often notice that english speakers say Lancia "Lean-zia", but in fact it's "Lunch-ya" :lol:
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Never heard that... it's always "Lan-see-ya" or "Lan-chee-ya".
 
TenEightyOne
Never heard that... it's always "Lan-see-ya" or "Lan-chee-ya".
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Yep. English pronunciation of the letter "A" is quite different, so that's why. But the "I" in "Lancia" is not that long lasting. It is more like "LAN-CH-YA"
 
The first time I heard the name Lancia, was in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Referred to by the characters, "the Little Lahn-cha."
 
Well, since italian is not that difficult to hear, Lancia is easely Lah-n-seeah, or something than makes the see-ah at the end. lan on an english/american will come out more as lehn ,like the network lan
 
Lilium
Well, since italian is not that difficult to hear, Lancia is easely Lah-n-seeah, or something than makes the see-ah at the end. lan on an english/american will come out more as lehn ,like the network lan
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In italian the letter "C" is pronounced like "CH", not "S". So it is more like "Lan-ch-ya"
 
Pupik
This has bugged me since GT2:

How would you pronounce the Citroën models named "Xsara" and "Xantia"?
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TenEightyOne
"Zara" and "Zantia", it's a normal prefix-x.
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Using English phonology, that is correct. But Xsara and Xantia are Greek/fake Greek words in which case the first letter is pronounced as a ks sound, as in Lexington or taxi, And not a drawn out "kuh-suh" ks, just a short, sharp KSSS. So the "correct" pronunciation ought to be Ksara and Ksantia and not kuh-sara or kuh-santia.

It's not exactly a pronunciation issue but Lexus is also a fake Greek word, which means the plural would be Lexode.
 
Liquid
It's not exactly a pronunciation issue but Lexus is also a fake Greek word, which means the plural would be Lexode.
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