Pronouncing some words

[Genie47]

Its not toos kernee.

 

I believe they tried to name it after the Italian province of Tuscany. The Italian that speaks the dialect there is called a Tuscan.

 

You pronounce it like you pronounce the Star Wars tribe (Tusken raider) that attacked Luke Skywalker in Ep4: ANH.

 

So it should be pronounced as tusk-kun. If you pronounce it like the Italian province, it will by tusk-kunee.

 

BTW, Tuscan architecture and food is very unique in Italy.

[Osiris]

Which maybe why BMW & MB name their cars in simple alphanumeric. If not, very malu for the rich towkay if dunno how to prononced

[Chisiang]

A lot of pple can't pronounce Pariahs also. Most pple I heard saying "Pa-ria". But I believe it should be pronounced as "Per-ra-years".

 

Some1 correct me if i'm wrong here.

[Elfenstar]

i was practicing with the trilling of the R for true-eh-no, but i doubt most ppl can do it man so i went for the easier option

[Chisiang]

hachi roku... easiest... direct pronounciation, and sounds a lot cooler than tofu car or eighty-six

 

btw hachi is 8 roku is 6

 

Legacy = Rare-ga-see

Silvia = Sil-BEER

BOV = Bro-Off-Bow.

 

LOL

[Elfenstar]

ahhh yes forgot to replace that as well...

 

not to mention forgot all abt the tuscan raiders... cant believe i call myself a knights of the old republic player

[Imamiah]

While we're at it...

 

Peugeot- "pur-zho"

 

Renault- "rer-no"

 

Citroen- "si-throw-N"

 

thought e last one is Si-Twain?

 

i had heard a german show pronounce VOLKS WAGEN as VOLKS VAR-GEN. any germans around here ?

Edited June 1, 2006 by Imamiah

[Imamiah]

hachi roku... easiest... direct pronounciation, and sounds a lot cooler than tofu car or eighty-six

 

btw hachi is 8 roku is 6

 

hachi-juu-roku is eighty-six

 

hachi roku is eight six

Edited June 1, 2006 by Imamiah

[Elfenstar]

i did say that did i not??? hachi is 8, roku is 6.

[Elfenstar]

nope... i was recently corrected by one of my native french speaking friends.

 

Those arent entire accurate in pronounciation coz the french innotation is hard to write out using standard alphabets. closest i could think off...

 

as for VW, thinking that Kurt Wagner in X-men 2 was pronounced as Kurt Varg-ner, i wouldnt be surprised

[Ecaf]

Which maybe why BMW & MB name their cars in simple alphanumeric. If not, very malu for the rich towkay if dunno how to prononced

 

yea, i think only mazda uses numeric for cars tt are from asia, as a general identity. so far no crazy names from them. even their MPV is called MPV

 

i remember an episode from Simpsons, a guy was saying to better market cars, give them fancy japanese cars. there was a mention of a japanese car called Tempura Hatchback

[Ecaf]

germans have an interesting accent/pronounciation their W almost always sounds like a V. not making fun, i honestly find it interesting

 

having said that, BMW is not pronounced BMV..

[Lucien]

Prairie = P-rare-ri kekeke...

[Fuelsaver]

dowanna start another thread hence reviving this.

 

suddenly thot about words ppl pronounce incorrectly and hope u guys/ gals come fwd to contribute. those in bracket is correct spelling & proNUNciation.

 

1. pronOUNCiation (pronunciation)

 

2. nowSaday (nowadays)

 

3. moniNGtor (monitor)

 

4. interprAt (interpret)

 

5. sWord (sword)

 

[Watwheels]

dowanna start another thread hence reviving this.

 

suddenly thot about words ppl pronounce incorrectly and hope u guys/ gals come fwd to contribute. those in bracket is correct spelling & proNUNciation.

 

1. pronOUNCiation (pronunciation)

 

2. nowSaday (nowadays)

 

3. moniNGtor (monitor)

 

4. interprAt (interpret)

 

5. sWord (sword)

Are you a teacher?

 

Ppl here very tiko. Think about xmm, CHC milf and boobs. You talk about pronunciation? Maybe fellow teachers will come in and agree with you.

[Darthrevan]

5. sWord (sword)

 

pronounced as sord..the W is silent

too add on..some commonly mispronounced words in singapore:

6. flour (flou-er)

7. almond (amond)

8. salmon (samon)

9. debris (debri)

 

 

[Evillusion]

Simple word. Try 'THEIR'. Most of us will get it wrong!

[Evillusion]

pronounced as sord..the W is silent

too add on..some commonly mispronounced words in singapore:

6. flour (flou-er)

7. almond (amond)

8. salmon (samon)

9. debris (debri)

I concur with sord and not s-ward.....so is switch.