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Unread 10-25-2005, 01:29 AM
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Hi!
I dont’t wanna be a smart ass, but I tell you something:

German cars lesson 1:
Audi ist the latin word for „Horch“ (constitutor August Horch). It’s a coincidence that the name „Horch“ means „hear“ in german. So you can speak Audi like „Audi(o)“.
I don’t know how to explain how to pronounce Audi in German. It’s like Au-stralia.
Check this out: Please enter "Audi" in the Line after "German" and click "Play"
Try this with Porsche, too
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Audi phonetically: Ow-dee
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wow this has really confused me.
i always thought contach was con-tage...like with the g not as it is in 'got'
like montage if thats how you spell it.
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Not that it matters much to me, since as long as you know more-or-less what who refers to, you're alright.

But just as a point of interest, here's how I say it:

Porsche = Pohrsh
Murcielago = More-thia-lagoh
Gallardo = Gah-ee-ardoh
Peugeot = Purr-zhow
Audi = Ow-dee
Williams = Williams (not as Murray liked it Wheelliams)
Countach = Koon-tash
Subaru = Sue-bar-ooh
Mitsubishi = Meet-sue-bee-shee
Hyundai = Hey-oohn-die
BMW = YEEHAAAH!
Volkswagen = Folks-vag-uhn (this g is like clearing your throat of a hard-headed piece of snot no, more like when you accidently swallowed a fly while driving on your bicycle as a child)
Alfa-Romeo = Al-fah Row-mee-oh
Kawasaki = Ka-wah-sah-kee


Anyone else speak the same way? (Hey, you say Pah-tay-toe I say Puh-tah-toe!)
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(Hey, you say Pah-tay-toe I say Puh-tah-toe!)
I say "Kartoffel"
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I say "Kartoffel"
pommes
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pommes
Soon to be chips, or roast!
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Soon to be chips, or roast!
originally: pommes are chips!

edit: sorry i only saw henk's and jakg's posts. i thought pommes was chips and aardappel was potato
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Over here "chips" are "crisps" (or potato chips)
Hm Off topic??
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You spell a few of em wrong, its Por-sha, EVERYONE pronounces this wrong and it drives me up a ****ing wall, oh and everyone pronounces Le Mans wrong, its prounounced Le-Ma. Its prounounced Cun-tash as well, oh and its Ow-dee, and Saleen is pronounced Sa-leen, not Say-leen, thats what they put in your mothers tits. Goddamn you should just give give up on this man...
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i thought Le Mans was like Lemon in french?
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its Por-sha, EVERYONE pronounces this wrong
That's not correct. Not everyone. First off all we should come to an agreement what the meaning of our phonetic spelling is, without hearing. Porsch-a could be the same as Porsch-uh...
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everyone pronounces Le Mans wrong, its prounounced Le-Ma.
Actually, it is "Le Mon".

The "Le" as in the French "le"; closer to "luh" rather than "lee".

Only the "s" is silent from "Mans".

I've heard it from genuine French people!
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Ok not EVERYONE, but i heard more people pronounce it Porsh than Por-sha...
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