Let's try this again...How people/places/things in our hobby are pronounced...

JAHN as in Jahn's Pistons?

 

Actually, the etymology of the element's name states differently.

In 1808 it was first referred to as Alumium. In 1812 it was referred to as "Aluminum". Later in 1812, someone proposed the addition of the second letter 'i'. Wikipedia offers more detail.

So, it appears that both are wrong.

 

Mah Messican frien says 'haaawaahr"
He means jaguar. He also says he's gonna take me to FX. Thats ethics.
How many "s" in shicken. Oh Lord it goes on.

 

Shait and thanks for saving me a lot of money.
I can not plan to travell to the US and meet Hop Up guys afterall.
My english will probaly be from another planet.
I'm sitting here making all kinds of funny noises

.......may have to call my High School english teacher from the 80's......BOY was he way off.

 

Phaeton = FAY-uh-tun

Coupe = "koop" in North America, and "koo-PAY" in Europe

Cabriolet = kab-REE-oh-lay

 

you boys n girls say brake rotors , in uk they are discs,a rotor in uk is the bits that go round on a helicopter,

 

My old man used to pronounce Peugeot as Pee...Jut, most of 'my' people, especially the ones over 55 call Red Lobster, red la buster.

 

John North Willys, who started the company here in Toledo, accepted that everyone called the car a "Will-eez" even while his family has always pronounced THEIR name as "Willis".

 

In Vegas last summer my 7 year old asked what "chi-PAN-da-lees" (one word) was and why it was written on all the cabs....

 

It is really most likely Egg-e (Almost Egg-a) but not quite. Eggy is easier and closer than anything else in English so it is so close why bother worryng.
My name is always mispronounced. Even when on Speed (Gearz)they murdered it and I even gave them the full phonetic way. I no longer worry and use the original german spelling instead as here because i know no one can pronounce it either.
Don

 

If coupe was pronouced Co-pay we would mostly all drive four doors. I needs an accent acute or something to get co- pay. Like coup'e or coupe' sort of.
Don

 

Solenoid is pronounced sell-a-noid around here, but not apparently not everywhere. I still hear Hildebrand as opposed to Halibrand. Mostly from the Eldebrock guys though.

 

Could somebody tell the Orange County Chopper guys,....

The word "Idea" is PRONOUNCED

I-DEE-AH,.......... not, I-DEE-ER !

 

Eldebrock, get that one a lot around here. Hurst makes shifters, and a Hearse is what takes you to the cemetary, not interchangeable.

 

Egg - E

Always thought it was Tra - Pan - Yeah, but also heard Tra - Pan - E - Er

Pass - Oh Ro - bulls

What the hell does that mean?

It is Bruce's last name and he said it rhymed with Power

Well then what is is Dean? Lau? Low - EE? What?

Yep , he agreed the cars were Will - eez


And I like Fay - Ut - un

And a lot of people like to screw up Dzus fastener

 

Ok ..Doane Spencer ???
Is it Dough-ain , Dough-ann, Dwayne ???
I've seen it in print all my life ...Never heard anyone pronounce it

 

Doughn like donuts without the uts

 

Doughn...Now that makes sense....Thanks Hotroddon

 

OK, was it Zora Dun-tov or Doon-tov?

 

Wow Larry you have created a monster...I don't feel so bad now.

 

given the fact that the hamb is world wide and all of us who speak english have diffrent accents, this thread is a great idea and quite funny as well as educational.
heres a couple of diffrent ones, hope its not to ot.
usa= hood. New Zealand, australia, england= bonnet
usa=trunk. NZ, ausy, english= boot
theres got to be more but i cant think of any right now.

 

Oh what the hell!

Lots of you guys seem to think "then" and "than" are interchangable. They're not and it drives me nuts.

"Then" refers to time like when something happened back then or every now and then.

"Than" is used when comparing stuff. Like "I'd rather be poked in the eye with a sharp stick than drive a Japanese car.

There, I've said it. Now I can relax and know that I've tried.

 

Yeah Kiwi - fender and mudguard

 

striper, best we dont start talking about the diff in pronouncation between our 2 countries. that cause a stir. lol. i could think of at least SIX diffrent ones. hehe.

 

Six?

 

I like it when someone has a car for sale and they say its (for sell). and then when they want to sell it its( sale it) ass backwards

 

Eelco......I hear "L" Co and EEEELCo and even sometimes "E" "L" Co

 

Now ask him how he pronounces 'hammer'....

 

I might be going to France later this year so I want to be clear, it wont be douche it will be doo-shay...... cool don't want to piss anyone off when I yell at them.

 

For the ignorant:

What the hell does that mean?

"definitive" - means a clear definition
"pronunciation" - means how you say something
"Gotha" - was a speed equipment manufacturer long before you were born
you bloody know it all jackass.