Pronunciation Thread.

[iomatic]

ho-u-n-da would be the proper way to pronounce 'Honda', with the 'u' sound very quick, almost missing (sounds like the 'u' in 'rude').

Originally Posted by si_civic

Ta-na bee.

ta-na- bay

As far as mugen, it should probably be:

mu g'en -- the g is like 'get'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana
There is a 'ke' character, with the " accent turning it into 'ge'.

It's pronounced, "ke-" like 'kettle'. Then ends in 'n' like "nnnn, baby get off my bed!"

[axdfa5t]

Nguyen

"NA-GUY-END"

[06si]

Originally Posted by DaRoth

wat about seibon?

i call it see-bin

[xtant21]

Originally Posted by 06si

i call it see-bin

Sounds like that stuff you use as glue for your dentures seabond...

I think it's more like sigh-bon

[si_civic]

Originally Posted by xtant21

Sounds like that stuff you use as glue for your dentures seabond...

I think it's more like sigh-bon

sea bond ftw

[si_civic]

Out of curiosity, I see a few people's last names as Ng

How do you pronounce that?

[unplugged]

Eibach - i bach, same way you say Einstein (not e-bach)
Tein - teen (called them up myself)
Greddy - just how its spelt
Hondata - Hon data
Mugen - mu gen
Tanabe - tan a be (its not said like sun tan, but almot like ton. It also has a hard A)

[drnknbndr]

Honda - U.S.- Hawn Duh, Japan- Houn Dah.
Eibach - Eye, as in Eyeball, Bawk.
Tein - Tayn.
Seibon - Sigh Bon.
Mitsubishi - Mitt Sue Bee Shee.
Mugen - Myu Gen.
Coupe - Koop, like Koopa.
Sedan - Sih Dan.
Subaru - U.S.- Sue Buh Roow, Japan - Sue Bah Lroo
Hondata - Hawn Day Duhh
Lamborghini Gallardo - Lahm Burr Gee Knee Gai Yar Doe
Reventon - Reh Ben Tawn.
Maserati - Mah Zoo Rhatti.
Aston Martin - Ash Tihn Mahr Tin.
Nintendo - Nihn Tehn Doe.
Sony - Sow Knee.
Communist - Koh Myu Nist.
Tanabe - Ta Nah Bee.
Mazda - Mohz Duh.
And.... I think that's it. Any more confusing ones?

[tuner student]

most people pronounce nuclear wrong but thats not cars.

i pronounce hondata like hon-dah-tuh.

[07Rredsi]

Originally Posted by unplugged

Eibach - i bach, same way you say Einstein (not e-bach)
Tein - teen (called them up myself)
Greddy - just how its spelt
Hondata - Hon data
Mugen - mu gen
Tanabe - tan a be (its not said like sun tan, but almot like ton. It also has a hard A)

Originally Posted by drnknbndr

Honda - U.S.- Hawn Duh, Japan- Houn Dah.
Eibach - Eye, as in Eyeball, Bawk.
Tein - Tayn.
Seibon - Sigh Bon.
Mitsubishi - Mitt Sue Bee Shee.
Mugen - Myu Gen.
Coupe - Koop, like Koopa.
Sedan - Sih Dan.
Subaru - U.S.- Sue Buh Roow, Japan - Sue Bah Lroo
Hondata - Hawn Day Duhh
Lamborghini Gallardo - Lahm Burr Gee Knee Gai Yar Doe
Reventon - Reh Ben Tawn.
Maserati - Mah Zoo Rhatti.
Aston Martin - Ash Tihn Mahr Tin.
Nintendo - Nihn Tehn Doe.
Sony - Sow Knee.
Communist - Koh Myu Nist.
Tanabe - Ta Nah Bee.
Mazda - Mohz Duh.
And.... I think that's it. Any more confusing ones?

one of you two are wrong lol.

[aki]

Tein is Tayn, not teen.
Seibon is Save-On (as in the defunct drug store), but replacing the "V" with the "B"
Mugen--read my post above, it is not Myu-gen.
Tanabe is Ta Nah Beh.

[unplugged]

from the manufacturers

Enkei - En-key

Tein - Te in

Greddy - Greddie

HKS - H K S

Hondata - Hon da ta

JDM - Jay D M

[hoxecutor]

Originally Posted by si_civic

HKS=Hotchkiss

APC=AH-PAY-SAY

5Zigen = Phive-zijjinnnnn

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.

Originally Posted by tuner student

most people pronounce nuclear wrong but thats not cars.

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.

Originally Posted by si_civic

Out of curiosity, I see a few people's last names as Ng

How do you pronounce that?

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".

[west_tex_fa5]

NOS

It's pronounced en-oh-ess, not naaawwwwsss!

[harobmx87]

i heard on tv that tein is pronounce like tayne, tane, tain. w/e
they were like "tein! rhyme's with insane!"

[mrdimsum]

HKS pronounce hhhhhhkkkkkkkssssssss

[splew]

I've got one: OZ, like the wheel company. Is it pronounced O-Z (the two letters separately) or oz (like aaahhzzz or the Wizard of Oz).

[splew]

I just thought of two more.

RO_JA- the wheel company (I don't even have a guess on how it is pronounced)

tis- I know it stands for twenty inches strong but do you say all three letters separately, or all together like tiss, or all together like tizz? These stupid wheel companies with their weird names.

[splew]

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Does anyone even look at this thread anymore.
I can't bump it, it's stickied.