What's the "Politically Correct" way to say these names?

[Kabob]

I've been saying these for years and yet I hear other people pronouncing them differently...

Is Porsche pronounced:
"Porsh" or "Porsha"

Is Audi pronounced:
"Outy" or "Oughty"

I've always added the "A" sound to Porsche...

 

[Mermaidman]

Jaguar:
jag-oo-ar, or jag-you-er

Hyundai:
Hon-die, or he-yon-day

 

[aphex]

I say 'Porsh' and i'm damn proud of it

 

[JDub02]

"Porsh"
"jag-war"
"ow-dee"
"hun-die"

anything else is incorrect.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: JDub02
"Porsha"
"jag-war"
"ow-dee"
"hun-die"

fixed

 

[Gand1]

American - "Porsh" English - "Porsha"
American - "Jag-war" English - Jag-u-war"
American - "ow-dee" English - "ow-tee"
American - "hunday" English - "Shit"

 

[KDKPSJ]

Well, if "Politically Correct" means "as close as possible to its original pronounciation in its origin lanuague":

Porsche: Po-r-she
Audi: A-oo-dee
Mercedes: Me-r-se-de-z
(Isn't German easy? lol)

For Hyundai, in Korean, it's Hyun-De.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Gand1
American - "Porsh" English - "Porsha"
American - "Jag-war" English - Jag-u-war"
American - "ow-dee" English - "ow-tee"
American - "hunday" English - "Shit"

Fixings:

English - "Porsh"
English - "Jag-u-wuh"
English - "Ow-dee"

You got Hyundai right tho..

 

[woodie1]

I figure if you are understood it doesn't make a lot of difference.

 

[HannibalX]

Everyone says things differently. I say most brand names the way my father did when I was growing up. For what it's worth I was raised in Northern Illinois.

Jaguar = Jag-wire
Hyundai = Hi-un-die.
Audi = Ow-Dee.
Porsche = Por-sha

 

[StageLeft]

In Ronin, the driver asks for an "awe-dee" S8.

 

[mooseracing]

What does politically correct have to do with car names?

 

[Tiamat]

PorSH

ow-dee

Jagwhar

h(y)unday

 

[Turin39789]

porsh
ow-dee
jag whar
hun day

 

[The Boston Dangler]

it's not about being politically correct or not, it's either correct or it's f'ing wrong. examples chosen are from english-speaking professional narrators.

porsche (POR-sha)

jaguar (JAG-yoo-ar)

audi (OW-dee)

hyundai (HUN-day)

 

[overst33r]

it's porsch-EH. anyone who says otherwise fails!

 

[Kabob]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
it's porsch-EH. anyone who says otherwise fails!

Canadian, eh?

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: kabob983

Originally posted by: mariok2006
it's porsch-EH. anyone who says otherwise fails!

Canadian, eh?

not quite. born and lived in europe for a while.

 

[IronWing]

Porsh
Aud ee
Jag w-are (are, not war, that is the w goes with the are sound as a single syllable, but the a sounds like are, not war.)
Hun day
Cry slur
Mur say dees
Daam ler (just like Jeffery)
Ack ur a
Fur are ee
Lamb bur geen ee
Fee ot

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: JDub02
"Porsh"
"jag-war"
"ow-dee"
"hun-die"

anything else is incorrect.

this.

 

[GoatMonkey]

While we're on the subject. There's no such thing as a Corvette "zed oh six". This is an American car, it is "zee oh six".

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Porsh
Aud ee
Jag w-are (are, not war, that is the w goes with the are sound as a single syllable, but the a sounds like are, not war.)
Hun day
Cry slur
Mur say dees
Daam ler (just like Jeffery)
Ack ur a
Fur are ee
Lamb bur geen ee
Fee ot

daimler (DIME-ler) is not like Jeffery Dahlmer (DOLL-mer)
"Fur are ee" and not "fe-RAR-ee"... are you joking?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
it's not about being politically correct or not, it's either correct or it's f'ing wrong. examples chosen are from english-speaking professional narrators.

porsche (POR-sha)

jaguar (JAG-yoo-ar)

audi (OW-dee)

hyundai (HUN-day)

the word 'jaguar' isn't english in origin, so listening to clarkson pronounce it doesn't shed any light on the problem.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey
While we're on the subject. There's no such thing as a Corvette "zed oh six". This is an American car, it is "zee oh six".

Sounds French.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
it's not about being politically correct or not, it's either correct or it's f'ing wrong. examples chosen are from english-speaking professional narrators.

porsche (POR-sha)

jaguar (JAG-yoo-ar)

audi (OW-dee)

hyundai (HUN-day)

the word 'jaguar' isn't english in origin, so listening to clarkson pronounce it doesn't shed any light on the problem.

The car company Jaguar is British, so listening to Clarkson tells you how British people (the people of the company's origin) say it. Which should give a strong indication of how it was originally pronounced.