What is the hardest car to pronounce

[tribolik]

Probably Porsche... its is so difficult that they didnt even include it in the game...

Just kidding

 

[Spagetti69]

That's hardest to announce not pronounce lol.

 

[trombone]

This is silly, but is Fiat pronounced Fee-at, Fee-ot, or Fee-yuht?

 

[kennylmao]

Not a car, but just how do you pronounce Tsukuba? su-koo-ba? suck-a-bar?

Its Zuck-er-berg

There is this one car make which I can pronounce but always couldn't spell.

It's Poor-joe. How do you spell it? I don't know.

 

[rohinghai]

This is silly, but is Fiat pronounced Fee-at, Fee-ot, or Fee-yuht?

I think it's fee-at

 

[rohinghai]

Is it hi-undai or hun-dai?

I say Hi-undai and I always get strange looks :S
Same with niss-ann rather then nee-san

 

[kennylmao]

All you guys arguing about pronouncing Nissan are wrong!

Its Knee-Sun, pronounce that in English and you got it!

That's how its pronounced in an Asian kind of dialect, err, I don't know how to put it.

 

[kieran177]

All you guys arguing about pronouncing Nissan are wrong!

Its Knee-Sun, pronounce that in English and you got it!

That's how its pronounced in an Asian kind of dialect, err, I don't know how to put it.

Since when has Nissan made the sound neesan? Just because its the American way doesn't mean its correct.

 

[thelvynau]

Since when has Nissan made the sound neesan? Just because its the American way doesn't mean its correct.

There is no correct answer here it depends on where you live.

For example you say nee san in uk or australia people will look at you strange.

Same goes if you say niss san un america so im sorry it all depends where you are.

 

[vigi147]

That weird frog-like Nissan.. I'm not sure what it's real name is, i keep saying Nissan Joke .. maybe it's Nissan Junk .. im not sure.

 

[Guardian]

What about Renault?
Is it pronounced Ren-O or Ren-Aw-lt?

Toyota SERA.
Is it SEE-RA or Seh-RA?

 

[HenkHuhnerknubl]

What about Renault?
Is it pronounced Ren-O or Ren-Aw-lt?

It's Ren-O .... but the "e" is spoken more like the "u" in "turn"

 

[OtakuTaikun]

What about Renault?
Is it pronounced Ren-O or Ren-Aw-lt?

Toyota SERA.
Is it SEE-RA or Seh-RA?

Considering toyota is japanese, i always thought the SERA was just "seh-rah" like it would be pronounced in the native language.

I always get Citroen kinda confused... i pronounce it "Sit-rone"... it rhymes with patron... I know it's probably wrong, but we don't got any here

 

[kennylmao]

That weird frog-like Nissan.. I'm not sure what it's real name is, i keep saying Nissan Joke .. maybe it's Nissan Junk .. im not sure.

LOL, I think you are talking about the Nissan Juke. I would pronounce it like I would pronounce jukebox.

 

[sumbrownkid]

It's funny how so many americans pronounce Peugeot all wrong. It's not pOOJoe, it doesn't have a single syllable with the poo -sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aL0W-0rXfps#t=23s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uNBPQe4dFxk#t=6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2J9HHDgIwV4#t=20s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=H8GHiY6jmR8#t=48s

In our defense, when was the last time Americans had to worry about a shoddily built French car?

 

[tfed]

In our defense, when was the last time Americans had to worry about a shoddily built French car?

Well for instance peugot has been out of the USA since the mid 80s. So second hand market is where you have to worry

 

[sumbrownkid]

Well for instance peugot has been out of the USA since the mid 80s. So second hand market is where you have to worry

I've never seen an old Peugeot on listings though. I've heard people talk about owning one in the early 80s but they also talked about headaches.

I've seen an old Renault though in Naples Florida a couple years ago. I had to do a double take when I saw it.

 

[tfed]

I've never seen an old Peugeot on listings though. I've heard people talk about owning one in the early 80s but they also talked about headaches.

I've seen an old Renault though in Naples Florida a couple years ago. I had to do a double take when I saw it.

My buddy had a '92 106,it was sweet. Really,not even in florida? Strange. Ive seen a few lancia's on ebay coming out of florida. Even like 4 months ago someone in NYC was selling a Delta!

 

[sumbrownkid]

That's insane, a Delta? That car is gonna sell quick and at profit.

But I maintain, I've yet to see a Pug trotting around in Florida, or in the United States as a matter of fact.

I've seen R32, 33, and 34 GTRs as well as S15 Silvias and right hand Integra Type Rs, but no Peugeot crossed paths with me.

 

[Outsyder84]

Considering toyota is japanese, i always thought the SERA was just "seh-rah" like it would be pronounced in the native language.

I always get Citroen kinda confused... i pronounce it "Sit-rone"... it rhymes with patron... I know it's probably wrong, but we don't got any here

Ok let me try to cast light upon this one: Citroën it`s the original name spelled in French and it is pronounced something like ''Ci-tro-en'' > ''See-tro(w)-en(d)'' (omitting the letters in caps but keeping the original pronouncing of ''trow'' and ''end'').

 

[lampadione]

This is silly, but is Fiat pronounced Fee-at, Fee-ot, or Fee-yuht?

Nope nope nope.

It's pronounced..

Spoiler

Pha-wl-ty

 

[Ryk]

Last time I saw a Peugeot in America, Leiutenant Columbo was in his quatre zéro trois.

Do you call numbered cars in your own language - or the native one?

Ferrari 458 -- or - - Ferrari quattro cinque otto -
Maserati Four Door - - or - - Maserati Quattroporte

 

[Raitziger]

This thread reminds me of a top gear episode where Jeremy did an impression of auto dealer from texas.

Hyuundi, Niiiisan, Toyooda, Jaagvaar, Mitzubuushi

 

[AnPrionsaBeag]

Last time I saw a Peugeot in America, Leiutenant Columbo was in his quatre zéro trois.

Actually, we read it as a full number: four hundred and three. I hope we get the nine hundred and eleven soon! And I think you missed Patrick Jane's Citroën DS in The Mentalist (DS sounds like déesse or goddess in French and is pronounced "deh ess"): not a Peugeot per se, but a cult French car too (for us at least!).

Funny thread by the way. [nʲissaɴ] (日産 or にっさ&#12435 is how Japanese speakers pronounce Nissan. It sounds approximately like "nyeece sahng". Read "i" as "e" in the English alphabet, let two s sounds be heard and the final n should be like "ng" in "long".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Japanese

 

[funkymcmonkey]

This thread reminds me of a top gear episode where Jeremy did an impression of auto dealer from texas.

Hyuundi, Niiiisan, Toyooda, Jaagvaar, Mitzubuushi

Haha i was going to post the same comment the other day and forgot so it was very funny when i saw your comment lol That was very funny and not the first time i have seen Jeremy Clarkson mocking the way Americans pronounce cars.

 

[Griffith500]

Is it hi-undai or hun-dai?

I say Hi-undai and I always get strange looks :S
Same with niss-ann rather then nee-san

It seems it's "hyun-deh", note that "hyun" is one syllable. Or, /ˈhjʌndɛ/, if you can read (English) IPA.

Its Zuck-er-berg

There is this one car make which I can pronounce but always couldn't spell.

It's Poor-joe. How do you spell it? I don't know.

Peugeot - "puh-joh", with a soft j, like the French Jacques or, in English, leisure. IPA, approximately: /'pəːʒoʊ/

There is no correct answer here it depends on where you live.

For example you say nee san in uk or australia people will look at you strange.

Same goes if you say niss san un america so im sorry it all depends where you are.

That's certainly one way of looking at it, and it's obviously not sensible to be starting holy wars over this sort of stuff, but I'd suggest that the word be pronounced as it is in its "home" market, regardless of whether it's technically accurate (e.g. Jaguar).

Anyway, don't they say "NISS-un" down under, or is that just in New Zealand?

 

[Furinkazen]

SILEIGHTY?! or the Mitsubishi Minica Dangan ZZ?

 

[shirakawaa]

SILEIGHTY?! or the Mitsubishi Minica Dangan ZZ?

Sil - Eighty
as in Silvia, 180 -> one-eighty

Meets-be-she / Mini-ka / Dunn-gun / Double-Zee

(yes, it's supposed to be "zee", not "zed" or "zeta". Source: http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm13271752)

 

[Furinkazen]

Sil - Eighty
as in Silvia, 180 -> one-eighty

Meets-be-she / Mini-ka / Dunn-gun / Double-Zee

(yes, it's supposed to be "zee", not "zed" or "zeta". Source: http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm13271752)

And I thought Daihatsu MIRA TR-XX Avanzato R '97 was bad

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

This thread is full of win here! An interesting yet educational as well.

Now I understand how to say Hyundai "properly".

I usually say it like this: hyun-day.