Discovering you've been pronouncing a word wrong all your life
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1 Jan
8:52am, 1 Jan 2023
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JCB
I suspect the pronunciation for Hyundai is catered to the local area. In adverts in Australia they emphasise ending in ‘day’. This is interesting: hyundaiofasheville.com Excerpt: How to Pronounce “Hyundai”? As you might imagine, the pronunciation of Hyundai changes depending on where you are in the world. In the US, the commonly accepted pronunciation of Hyundai rhymes with “Sunday”—you’ll notice that this is how it’s said in American advertisements. With that said, in the UK, it’s often pronounced “high-UN-dye.”Of course, Hyundai is a Korean company, and in Korea the pronunciation is closer to “HYUN-day.” |
1 Jan
11:34pm, 1 Jan 2023
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3 Wise Ms
On a related note (since our US cousins got a mention!) does anyone know the Iraqi and Iranian pronunciation of Iraq and Iran respectively? US pronunciation seems to be Eye-rack and Eye-ran, UK is usually Ih-rack and Ih-rahn. But are either of them right? |
1 Jan
11:56pm, 1 Jan 2023
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Night-owl
JCB I don't know what adverts you get where you are but here new advert covering this till a woman at end says its Hyun-dai or similar
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1 Jan
11:59pm, 1 Jan 2023
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Night-owl
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2 Jan
12:30am, 2 Jan 2023
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JCB
My hearing isn’t great but it seems she says “hyoon-dy” (very short vowel ending) and then the voiceover is “hyoon-day” (oon being like Spanish “un”).
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2 Jan
3:22am, 2 Jan 2023
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Alice the Camel
I’m in US at the moment and was surprised to hear the TV newsreader pronounce Maryland almost like Marilyn.
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