Pronunciation Thread.

[iPaintball]

Originally Posted by CameronJr9

I've got one for you guys.

HIDs

hids
or...
Aytch-Eye-Deez

[$ushi]

how it is pronunciated in Japan (went there for a month)
tein- tain (think train w/ out the r)
tanabe- tah na be
kei office- kay office
enkie- en kay
yoshio factory- Ya shi o factory
mugen- mi uuu gen (like the greek letter M)
Project Mu- project Mi uuuu
eibach- eye bauk (i have heard some 1 say -e batch ie wtf?!)

[luvmyhondas]

Originally Posted by si_civic

HKS=Hotchkiss

APC=AH-PAY-SAY

5Zigen = Phive-zijjinnnnn

my opinion on this one is, not the same.

HKS is not Hotchkiss....it's just H K S.

APC is just A P C, but not worth f'n with either way.

5zigen= five zigg-enn

[drummerkidd]

I believe everything is been covered just want to give my input on a few

GReddy= just like its spelled, gready

Tein= Teen (guy from sportcompact car called it that)

Porsche= Poor-shh-uh (super soft "uh") please say that right, HUGE pet peeve of mine is when people dont say it right!

Gallardo= everyone who knows anything about cars should never get this one wrong, Gee-yard-oh....not Gal-ar-doe like i heard an actual owner say

Mugen= Myoo-gen

[GReddyEX]

heres one that gets me mad, kinda like the porsche one (NOT PORSH)
BMW is sometimes referred to as Bimmer
like Bim-mer
not beamer beam-er

[splew]

Originally Posted by GReddyEX

heres one that gets me mad, kinda like the porsche one (NOT PORSH)
BMW is sometimes referred to as Bimmer
like Bim-mer
not beamer beam-er

I've heard Bimmer pronounced "beamer" quite I bit, more than the way you said in fact, I guess it just depends where you are.

[stealth]

BOMB

Do you pronounce the B at the end? I always have until recently when ppl started correcting me...

BomB or Bom

[splew]

Originally Posted by stealth

BOMB

Do you pronounce the B at the end? I always have until recently when ppl started correcting me...

BomB or Bom

Most of the time the B at the end is silent.

[stealth]

Originally Posted by splew

Most of the time the B at the end is silent.

It just sounds wrong without the B

[splew]

Originally Posted by stealth

It just sounds wrong without the B

I've always heard it Bom, with a lot of emphasis on the M.

[GReddyEX]

Originally Posted by splew

I've heard Bimmer pronounced "beamer" quite I bit, more than the way you said in fact, I guess it just depends where you are.

yeah where im from everyone says beamer so i just kinda go along with it
but where it came from is Bimmer magazine which is pronounced that way lol

oh well it really doesnt matter

[choro q style]

Originally Posted by marc-o-lishuz

Touge (tow-gey)
A Japanese term referring to a windy, mountain road.
"Wow, that idiot totally lost control trying to dorifto around that touge!"

Touge actually means 'mountain pass' by definition.

[superbike81]

I'm not Japanese, but I speak Japanese, live in Japan, and speak the language every day.

It's amazing how many people in this thread got Mugen wrong, only seen a couple get it anywhere near correct.

Moo - gain

It's weird but kinda like the word "gain" without so much emphasis on the "ai" sound.

Mu = Moo
ge = g(ay) without emphasis on the Y sound.
n = n

[GReddyEX]

lol its hilarious you can't type *** hahahahaha so that post looks funny now

[superbike81]

Yeah, I had to edit it, lol

[GReddyEX]

so is it like moo-gain?

thats interesting. i've been saying it completely wrong lol

[superbike81]

yeah, it's difficult to describe, you have to put less emphasis on the "ai" part in gain.

[GReddyEX]

ok. im trying to figure it out and i just realized im saying it over and over again to my computer lol

[jsnymeyer]

Nguyen = win

Not "NAH-goo-yen"

[nofate]

still confused? The dealer pronounced Mugen. Myu-jen, Everyone here has had different conclusions...
it is,

Myu-gen
Myu-jen
Moo-gen
Moo-jen
Myu-gain
Moo-gain