Turbonetics 2nd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 hmmm.. i don't really know how to pronounce car names.. like Nissan Prairie (or something like that).. and also Hyundai Tucson.. Prairie=pray ree tucson=tuck son ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestylers09 5th Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 oh ya..its autobahn.. autobac is at bukit timah there one beside shell ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbonetics 2nd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 opposite lah... that one sell car one is autobahn lah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestylers09 5th Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 from bukit batok that road straight up lead to bukit timah fire station one ma...behind the autobac is bukit batok nature reserve rite?beside tot got shell station also??me always say there is bukit timah coz toh yi just right turn up only Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 hmmm.. i don't really know how to pronounce car names.. like Nissan Prairie (or something like that).. and also Hyundai Tucson.. Prairie- "pray-ree" tucson- "too-sone" silent C (if aust ads are anything to belive) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 i've heard Tuk-Son.. Tark-Son.. many la.. Tuscani also same problem.. Task-kani, Tus-kani.. Tuscani- "toos-ker-nee" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 While we're at it... Peugeot- "pur-zho" Renault- "rer-no" Citroen- "si-throw-N" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nhrisuzu 1st Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 Trueno = Tru-E-No?? my classmate is saying True-No.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 Hmmm... i think prairie can be pronounced as p-rei-ree... u can try out this neat site www.m-w.com some words got pronounciation one man... buy i think Nissan's Sylphy sound strange too... always remind me of STD syphilis... probably becoz of the s, y, p, l combination sylphi- "sil-fi" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 from what little basic kanji i know... trueno should be "true-E-no" (as u said) but then dun quote me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaoxing 1st Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 Should be pronounced as "Treh no" I think. テルエーノ？ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 (edited) Its treh-no. trueno is the spanish word for thunder (quite appropriate actually ) which was picked by toyota as the name for their hachi-roku. technically it should be pronounced as :trrreh-no" Edited May 31, 2006 by Elfenstar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nhrisuzu 1st Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 so chim.. think i will just call it tofu car or 86.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 hachi roku... easiest... direct pronounciation, and sounds a lot cooler than tofu car or eighty-six btw hachi is 8 roku is 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesgetz 4th Gear May 31, 2006 Share May 31, 2006 hyundai tucson should be pronounced as tark-sern but nissan prairie i dunno. i dun even think i know how to spell prairie! my colleague pronounces as pariah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic 1st Gear June 1, 2006 Share June 1, 2006 Elfenstar said: Its treh-no. trueno is the spanish word for thunder (quite appropriate actually ) which was picked by toyota as the name for their hachi-roku. technically it should be pronounced as :trrreh-no" Well, yes and no. My wife's a native spanish speaker, and yes, when spoken fast, it does sound like "trrreh-no". Technically, however, it should be TRUE-EH-NO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenbackside 1st Gear June 1, 2006 Share June 1, 2006 my colleague pronounces as pariah Is that the Malay version pronounced as "pah-ri-ah" or the ang moh version pronounced as "per-rye-yah"? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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