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  1. #196
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    It's pretty much as written.. Hyoon-dye, short 'oo' like 'book'.
    Life's too short to drive bad cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pimento View Post
    It's pretty much as written.. Hyoon-dye, short 'oo' like 'book'.
    isn't the "h" being pronounced with a slight "g" sound ? Anyway, where are our Korean speaking members when we need them....
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    In ads here in North America, the dude himself tells us to say Hunday, just like Sunday.

    Whether or not that is the Korean pronunciation just what the brand wants to go with in North America, I am unsure.

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    It's the latter.. I got my pronunciation from a Korean bloke. They want to make it easier/more palatable for simple white-folk, like that how to pronounce Huawei vid.
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    Porsche is pronounced (poor-sha). It doesnt matter how german words are pronounced because Porsche is NOT A WORD, it's a name and the family it belongs to (Ferdinand Porsche's living relatives) pronounce it that way. Don't you hate when people say YOUR name wrong?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RISE AGAINST View Post
    Here's for the idiots:

    Porsche- Poor-sh
    Maybach- My-bock
    Cayenne- Ky-en
    Toureag- Twah-regg
    Countach- Coon-tock
    Murcielago- Mer-she-a-la-go
    Gallardo- Ga-yard-o
    Scaglietti- Ska-lee-et-ee
    Maserati- Maz-er-ot-ee
    Bugatti- Boo-got-ee
    Carrera- Ker-air-a
    Koenigsegg- Ko-nig-segg
    Koenig- Ko-nigg
    RUF- Roof
    Chimeara- Chy-mayer-a
    Pagani- Pa-hon-ee (everyone pronounces this wrong, and it pisses me off, even tv)
    Peugot- Poo-shjoe
    Renault- Ren-o
    Citroen- Sitch-rahn
    Saleen- Say-leen
    Acura- Ak-rr-ah
    Audi- Od-ee

    If anyone has anymore, feel free to add them.

    Porsche- Poor-sh - is not quite correct - their should be an 'a' heard on the end as "Poor-sha" (2 syllables)


    How about Abarth?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Gulett View Post
    Porsche- Poor-sh - is not quite correct - their should be an 'a' heard on the end as "Poor-sha" (2 syllables)
    Not quite correct. This comes quite close to the way most Germans would speak it:
    Google Translate
    (hint: right bottom side of the boxes is a speaker button. Press it to hear the difference between German and English.

    How about Abarth?
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