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Jul 28, 2016 16:22:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 16:22:36 GMT
Just listening to the radio and they were reporting the recent car 'quality' awards.
A simple question;
Datch-eea or Day-see-a ?
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Jul 28, 2016 22:03:56 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Jul 28, 2016 22:03:56 GMT
On UK TV adds they are pronounced Dat CH eea
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Jul 30, 2016 20:56:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 20:56:05 GMT
Spelt Day-See-Ah. Romania pronunciation; Datcha.
Skoda Octavia - dealer salespeople say Octarvia, I say Octayvia; Farbia - Fab-ee-ah
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Jul 30, 2016 22:55:51 GMT
Post by Avant on Jul 30, 2016 22:55:51 GMT
Even some Skoda salesmen have given in and now pronounce them Octayvia and Fabeeah - so I'm sure Dayseeah will win out. The British are very good at having as little as possible to do with foreign pronunciation, except for some reason Renault and Peugeot, where they make a bit of an effort. Never with Citroen though.
Octavia and Fabia were common names in ancient Rome. You occasionally see Octavia as a girl's name: it was more often seen in the Victorian era when eighth daughters were more common than they are now. It's probably very rare now for the same reason as Marina.
Boris Johnson's first wife was called Allegra, and his second (current) wife is Marina. She must be hoping he doesn't go chasing after a Princess.
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Jul 30, 2016 23:51:35 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 23:51:35 GMT
Fabia is quite common here and Octavia not unknown. [as a Girl's name I mean]
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Jul 31, 2016 6:36:42 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 6:36:42 GMT
Hyundai = Hi-un-die or Hun-day or Hyun-day or Hyun-die?
Given that Hyundai is a transliteration of the Korean word with a totally different character set, if it is Hun-day, why not spell it Hunday? The same issue arises with Arabic and Hebrew, but to my certain knowledge of Hebrew, transliteration is usually very close (unless there already is an English pronunciation).
So Jerusalem is actually Yeru-shall-eye-im, but Tel Aviv is Tel Ah-viv (and not Tel Aveeev) as some reporters and aircrew like to pronounce it..
The only area where this does not work is with sounds not common in English. So we have the sound similar to the LL of Welsh (Llandudno), or the gutteral, back of the throat, phlegm clearing 'ch' in German as in Bach. So Haifa is really Chaifa.
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Jul 31, 2016 6:54:28 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Jul 31, 2016 6:54:28 GMT
I like place names. I had a Capri, so I went to Capri. Never had a Cortina but I went there anyway. I also had an Altea, so went to Altea this year.
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Jul 31, 2016 8:14:31 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 8:14:31 GMT
Not sure there is a Vauxhall Tel Aviv....
Been to (Hyundai) Santa Fe and (Kia) Sorrento; also (Chevrolet) Malibu.
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Jul 31, 2016 9:33:35 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Jul 31, 2016 9:33:35 GMT
Ah I have been to Sorrento and Malibu, but never had the car, so I cant count it.
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Jul 31, 2016 11:01:31 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2016 11:01:31 GMT
Driven all three, but only either as test drives or rental cars, and none of them in the place they are named after.
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Jul 31, 2016 20:57:55 GMT
Post by Avant on Jul 31, 2016 20:57:55 GMT
Less exotic, perhaps, but my much-loved first ever car was a 1955 Austin A50 Cambridge, bought in Cambridge for £65 when I was leaving university there in 1969. It had even been first registered there - OCE 340. It started first time every time and never let me down.
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Aug 12, 2016 9:14:33 GMT
Post by harleyman on Aug 12, 2016 9:14:33 GMT
It's probably very rare now for the same reason as Marina. And, of course, Maurice. Though Austin is occasionally seen.
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