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Originally Posted by si_civic
HKS=Hotchkiss
APC=AH-PAY-SAY
5Zigen = Phive-zijjinnnnn
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nah, its pronounced "sagan", for carl sagan. the five is silent, and blends with the z as an s might, and the s overpowers the "zh" sound implicit in most sz scenarios. the i is pronounced a, and gen is pronounced g'n.
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Originally Posted by tuner student
most people pronounce nuclear wrong but thats not cars.
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no, but its still important. in addition:
jewelry is pronounced "jew-el-ry", not "jew-la-ry" as most ppl say.
realtor is pronounced "re-al-tor" not "ree-la-ter" as most ppl say.
damn, i forgot the rest. ive written it down here somewhere...
ahhh. caramel is pronounced "care-uh-mel" not "car-muhl" like most sonic commercials say.
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Originally Posted by si_civic
Out of curiosity, I see a few people's last names as Ng
How do you pronounce that?
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Ng is a racial slur
j/k, i think its "ing" as in the usual suffix. i also hear some ppl say its pronounced "wong" when spoken in the cantonese tongue, which leads others to ask why they dont just SPELL it wong. ha. also, someone said in a different dialect of cantonese, its pronounced "mnh"... but of course they dont tell me how to pronounce THAT.
and nguyen, according to a kid named something nguyen whom i knew in highschool, is "nuh-WIN", real fast, like "n'win".