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Old 09-14-2006, 12:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Pronunciation Thread.
I want to start a proper pronunciation thread for name brands associated with our cars.

For starters:
Greddy.

greddie
or...
G - ready

Mugen
moo-jen
or...
mee-you-gin (hard 'g')
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Old 09-14-2006, 12:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I used to pronounce GReddy like "Gready." But then I noticed the G and the R was capitalized, so I started pronouncing it Gee-Ready.

As for Mugen, I've only heard it being pronounced as Mew-Gen.
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Old 09-14-2006, 12:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I used to pronounce GReddy like "Gready." But then I noticed the G and the R was capitalized, so I started pronouncing it Gee-Ready.
haha...I used to flip through Import Tuners during class in high school and always got to the GReddy ads and pronounced it Gee-Ready. HAHA...everyone called it that...
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Old 09-14-2006, 12:59 AM   #4 (permalink)
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VTEC

Vee-Tech
Also can be pronounced as
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Old 09-14-2006, 07:20 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I've got one for you guys.

HIDs

hids
or...
Aytch-Eye-Deez
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:08 AM   #6 (permalink)
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HIDs

hids
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Aytch-Eye-Deez
The latter of the two! Aytch-Eye-Deez...
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:12 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Moo-gen - cow sound in the first syllable and hard "g" in the second. From what I remember, Japanese doesn't have a soft "g" sound - they use a "j" to represent that sound in English.

Greddy - just like it looks - no separation of the first letter from the rest of the word. At least that's the way the company reps were pronouncing it at the SEMA IAS show in April.
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:38 AM   #8 (permalink)
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HKS=Hotchkiss

APC=AH-PAY-SAY

5Zigen = Phive-zijjinnnnn
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:38 AM   #9 (permalink)
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How about
Tein

I've heard it Tee-n Or Tain
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who do you prounace hondata??

i always said Honda A T A. which i know is wrong
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who do you prounace hondata??

i always said Honda A T A. which i know is wrong
Edit: Corrected below...
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Tein = Tayn (heard it on a tv program)
Mugen = I pronounce it "myu - gin" hard G like in get
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I was talking to a japanese guy who owns an import store and asked him about the proper pronunciation of Tein.

Apparently he said it was like saying "teen".
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I pronounce Tein like Tee-ennnnnn. If anyone is Chinese, sort of like "Tian" which is the character for sky.

How about Enkei?

I pronounce it En-kay. But I've heard so many variations.
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Pronunciation of "Hondata"
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Hon-Data (dah-tuh, not day-tuh)
Sorry to tell you, but "day-tuh" is the correct form.

"Data" is a commonly mispronounced word. You hear it on radio and TV a lot: Speakers saying "dah-tuh," or "da-tuh," with the "da" part sounding exactly like the da in "daddy."
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^I stand corrected.

Edit: Although, I will agree with your pronounciation of Hondata, I'll argue the point of how to pronounce the word "data." It's just the Journalism and English major in me.

Main Entry: da·ta
Pronunciation: 'dA-t&, 'da- also 'dä-
Source: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/data
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Toe-may-to vs. toe-mah-toe



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Toe-may-to vs. toe-mah-toe

True, but this is a helpful post for anyone who's new to the scene. This way you can talk about stuff without sounding like an idiot.
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Toe-may-to vs. toe-mah-toe

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okay.. it's not a car pronunciation... but a pet peeve.

culinary - kyoo-lih-nare-eee
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