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02-27-2007, 04:09 AM	#1
Choleric Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Aksarben Posts: 3,201 Thanks: 613 Thanked 1,131 Times in 613 Posts	Pronunciation? Just wondering how you guys pronounce certain car names? These are all various ones I have heard differences in. Porsche poor-sh or poor-sh-ah Audi ow-dee or ah-dee Peugeot poo-zho or pew-got or pe-jo Gallardo ga-lard-o or ga-yard-o or guy-yard-o Maybach may-bock or my-bock Pagani pa-gan-ee or pa-hon-ee Citroen sit-tron or sit-trone Acura ac-ur-ah or ac-rah Toureag tore-eg or twah-regg Countach coon-tock or coon-tash Last edited by Choleric; 02-27-2007 at 05:17 PM..

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02-27-2007, 04:41 AM

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Re: Pronuciation?

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Porsche

poor-sh or poor-sh-ah

The latter, or something along those lines

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Audi

ow-dee or ah-dee

The former, I suppose.

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Peugeot

poo-zho or pew-got or pe-jo

The 3rd option, probably.

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Gallardo

ga-lard-o or ga-yard-o or guy-yard-o

The one in the middle.

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Mayboch

may-bock or my-bock

Neither. I don't think there's a 'k' sound in it. I suppose My-bahh or something along those lines.

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Pagani

pa-gan-ee or pa-hon-ee

The former.

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Citroen

sit-tron or sit-trone

Sit-tro-en.

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Acura

ac-ur-ah or ac-rah

The former.

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Toureag

tore-eg or twah-regg

The latter.

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Countach

coon-tock or coon-tash

The latter.

Actually, how I pronounce them depends on the language I am speaking.

Regards, Mike from Oulu [oh-loo].

02-27-2007, 04:41 AM	#3
cawimmer430 Trendsetter Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mühldorf am Inn, Germany Posts: 8,028 Thanks: 3,975 Thanked 3,189 Times in 1,366 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? Porsche is quite tricky for some non-German speakers I can imagine. I've heard people pronounce it as Porch / Porsch. In German, we say POR-SHAY (that's about as close as I can say this using a keyboard).

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02-27-2007, 05:32 AM	#4
SDNR Connoisseur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,985 Thanks: 1,319 Thanked 870 Times in 534 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? Gallardo is somthing like - Garl ya do Maybach -- My-baa-ck-hhh Citroën -- See-twhh-oen Last edited by SDNR; 02-27-2007 at 05:37 AM..

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02-27-2007, 05:36 AM

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Re: Pronuciation?

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Porsche is quite tricky for some non-German speakers I can imagine.

I've heard people pronounce it as Porch / Porsch.

Finns - even those who should know better - have the habit of spelling it 'Porche'.

02-27-2007, 05:46 AM	#6
The Artist Expert Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Gothenburg Posts: 13,186 Thanks: 257 Thanked 1,235 Times in 678 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? Maybahh.. no k and Por shh ae

02-27-2007, 05:56 AM

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Re: Pronuciation?

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Gallardo is somthing like - Garl ya do

Maybach -- My-baa-ck-hhh

Citroën -- See-twhh-oen

LOL, sorry, Rob, but i can't stop laughing...

...

02-27-2007, 05:59 AM	#8
SDNR Connoisseur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,985 Thanks: 1,319 Thanked 870 Times in 534 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? ...Okay .....but what is funny?

02-27-2007, 06:01 AM	#9
Tycoon Expert Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,811 Thanks: 3,263 Thanked 3,647 Times in 1,986 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? Everything you wrote, man...Mayback! No k letter, my friend... Garl ya do...! I cannot even say that...

02-27-2007, 06:04 AM	#10
SDNR Connoisseur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,985 Thanks: 1,319 Thanked 870 Times in 534 Posts	Re: Pronuciation? Is Maybach not pronounced Bach? ....as in Johann Sebastian Bach. something like barc-khhhhh (with a quiet khhhh sound)

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