OT: Hyundai pronunciation

OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? Ozzies and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" Wot ees eet, man? BB

Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: > OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in > the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? Ozzies > and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > Wot ees eet, man? The last one is quite close to the truth. H'yoon-d'aye or something to that effect. +Cinquo

ive even heard on an ad in the uk it being pronounced "shoon-day"! Ville V Sinkko <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9010dl$mbs$[email hidden]...

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> Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: > > OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in > > the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? Ozzies > > and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > > "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > > Wot ees eet, man? > > The last one is quite close to the truth. H'yoon-d'aye or something to > that effect. > > +Cinquo

Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >> OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in >> the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? Ozzies >> and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say >> "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" >> Wot ees eet, man? They are one of our customers, and they themselves have pronounced it both "Hyoon-die", and "Hyoon-day". I believe the former is correct. The Japanese pronounce it "Gen-die"....! John

actually you don't pronounce the H so it would sound like yoonday i think...... Sudesh "SEM" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:901cis$qrr$[email hidden]... > ive even heard on an ad in the uk it being pronounced "shoon-day"! > Ville V Sinkko <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9010dl$mbs$[email hidden]... > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, whatin > > > the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here?Ozzies

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> > > and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > > > "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > > > Wot ees eet, man? > > > > The last one is quite close to the truth. H'yoon-d'aye or something to > > that effect. > > > > +Cinquo >

Gad! And I thought the French were all choking to death on their own language... Bruce Kennewell wrote:

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> > In Korean, the 'H' is pronounced in a reverse fashion to the 'X' in Spanish. > In addition, the letters 'YUN" are pronounced 'SNZZT'....as if you've choked > back a sneeze. > The ending, 'DAI', is exactly the same as the German 'NCHT'...that is, it > sounds like the start of a rather violent bowel movement. > > Put it all together and you've got an XXZSNZZTNCHT with a 16-valve, 1.8 > litre engine.

'K R A P' -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in > the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? Ozzies > and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > Wot ees eet, man? > > BB

In Korean, the 'H' is pronounced in a reverse fashion to the 'X' in Spanish. In addition, the letters 'YUN" are pronounced 'SNZZT'....as if you've choked back a sneeze. The ending, 'DAI', is exactly the same as the German 'NCHT'...that is, it sounds like the start of a rather violent bowel movement. Put it all together and you've got an XXZSNZZTNCHT with a 16-valve, 1.8 litre engine. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- sudesh <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > actually you don't pronounce the H so it would sound like yoonday i > think...... > > Sudesh > "SEM" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht > news:901cis$qrr$[email hidden]... > > ive even heard on an ad in the uk it being pronounced "shoon-day"! > > Ville V Sinkko <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:9010dl$mbs$[email hidden]... > > > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what > in > > > > the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here? > Ozzies > > > > and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > > > > "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > > > > Wot ees eet, man? > > > > > > The last one is quite close to the truth. H'yoon-d'aye or something to > > > that effect. > > > > > > +Cinquo > > > >

"John Wallace" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote... > > >> OK, having watched BTCC, Bathurst, and American TV commercials, what in > >> the wide, wide world of sports is the correct pronunciation here?Ozzies

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> >> and that annoying berk who narrates BTCC on Speedvision say > >> "Hi-and-die", Americans say "Hun-die" or "Hun-day", or even "Hyun-die" > >> Wot ees eet, man? > > They are one of our customers, and they themselves have pronounced it > both "Hyoon-die", and "Hyoon-day". I believe the former is correct. > The Japanese pronounce it "Gen-die"....! > > John

AFAIK (I worked in Korea on and off) the Koreans pronounce it "Hyun-deh" - two (and a half, maybe) syllables, not three. The best company name I saw out there was the "Dae Yung Food Company" - if you've tasted kimchi you can believe it! -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8

Tony Whitley wrote: > > AFAIK (I worked in Korea on and off) the Koreans pronounce it "Hyun-deh" - > two (and a half, maybe) syllables, not three. The best company name I saw > out there was the "Dae Yung Food Company" - if you've tasted kimchi you can > believe it! LOL! My brother used to be married to a Korean girl & she introduced us to kimchi. I think the name is Korean for flamethrower! <GG> -- Chuck Kandler Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS. Registered Linux User #180746 http://counter.li.org

Well, they *are*, but then so are the Koreans. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Gad! And I thought the French were all choking to death on their own language... > > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > > In Korean, the 'H' is pronounced in a reverse fashion to the 'X' in Spanish. > > In addition, the letters 'YUN" are pronounced 'SNZZT'....as if you've choked > > back a sneeze. > > The ending, 'DAI', is exactly the same as the German 'NCHT'...that is, it > > sounds like the start of a rather violent bowel movement. > > > > Put it all together and you've got an XXZSNZZTNCHT with a 16-valve, 1.8 > > litre engine.

"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > In Korean, the 'H' is pronounced in a reverse fashion to the 'X' inSpanish. > In addition, the letters 'YUN" are pronounced 'SNZZT'....as if you'vechoked

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> back a sneeze. > The ending, 'DAI', is exactly the same as the German 'NCHT'...that is, it > sounds like the start of a rather violent bowel movement. > > Put it all together and you've got an XXZSNZZTNCHT with a 16-valve, 1.8 > litre engine. > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > ---------------------------

<snip> Y e e e s s s ;-) Welcome to the Usenet where you will get an answer to every question. Well Bruce, as the r.a.s. resident philologist, the next question is: "How you pronounce Ssangyong?". -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8

double fuel effeciency? <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8vvkuc$57t$[email hidden]...

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> Take a look: > > <http://messages1.yahoo.co.jp/bbs%3f.mm%3dAU%26action%3dm%26board% > 3d1834570%26tid%> > > TOKYO, Nov. 27 - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of Toyota Motor, said that the > quality of Korean-built cars appears to have improved to the > international standards, looking back on his personal riding > experiences during a visit to Seoul last year. > > Asked to comment on Hyundai Motor's planned inroads into Japan, he said > that the success of the No. 1 Korean automaker will largely depend on > price and warranty services. "Considering the sentiment among Japanese > consumers, Hyundai may be able to sell a lot of cars in Japan." > > He also said that Toyota will consider procuring components directly > from Korean auto-parts suppliers, as long as conditions for quality and > cost are satisfied, adding that some of Toyota's primary subcontractors > are currently buying auto-parts from Hyundai Mobis. > > The Toyota chairman, predicted tough times for global car industry next > year, said that automakers will be forced to offer more discounts and > incentives to maintain this year's sales levels. "Despite the overall > downturn, the losses will vary from country to country." > > "Environment-friendliness will assume growing importance in the > automotive industry from now on. Without advanced hybrid-engine > (combining gasoline and battery) technologies, automakers can hardly > survive in the future," he said, forecasting that the fuel cell-powered > cars will be fully commercialized by 2010. > > > Hyundai teams with Capstone on hybrid engine > > <http://www.just-auto.com/news_detail.asp?art=15237> > > 5 Oct 2000(Reuters) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Thursday it > has teamed up with U.S. energy company Capstone Turbine Corp to develop > hybrid engines. The country's largest carmaker said in a statement the > first hybrid engine using Capstone's gas turbine generator would be > installed and tested in the Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle (SUV) in the > first half of 2001. The hybrid engine could double fuel efficiency and > cut exhaust emission to one-sixth that from normal combustion engines, > Hyundai said. > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

"sudesh" <[email hidden]> writes: > actually you don't pronounce the H so it would sound like yoonday i > think...... I saw a report on TV from some exhibition, where they actually asked one of the people on the Hyundai-stand, and she said it should be pronounced something like "yon daeh". the first syllable was like "yawn", only with a short vowel; the second syllable was like "the", only with a d. :) -- Gunnar #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 myk, trygg og god.

always thought it was 'Hi' 'wn' 'dai' pez Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "sudesh" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > actually you don't pronounce the H so it would sound like yoonday i > > think...... > > I saw a report on TV from some exhibition, where they actually asked > one of the people on the Hyundai-stand, and she said it should be > pronounced something like "yon daeh". the first syllable was like > "yawn", only with a short vowel; the second syllable was like "the", > only with a d. :) > > > -- > Gunnar > #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 > myk, trygg og god.

Hyundai in Korean means "contemporary". In article <90ehop$rnb$[email hidden]>, "Duncan Wood" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> double fuel effeciency? > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8vvkuc$57t$[email hidden]... > > Take a look: > > > > <http://messages1.yahoo.co.jp/bbs%3f.mm%3dAU%26action%3dm%26board% > > 3d1834570%26tid%> > > > > TOKYO, Nov. 27 - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of Toyota Motor, said that

the > > quality of Korean-built cars appears to have improved to the > > international standards, looking back on his personal riding > > experiences during a visit to Seoul last year. > > > > Asked to comment on Hyundai Motor's planned inroads into Japan, hesaid > > that the success of the No. 1 Korean automaker will largely dependon > > price and warranty services. "Considering the sentiment amongJapanese > > consumers, Hyundai may be able to sell a lot of cars in Japan." > > > > He also said that Toyota will consider procuring components directly > > from Korean auto-parts suppliers, as long as conditions for qualityand > > cost are satisfied, adding that some of Toyota's primarysubcontractors > > are currently buying auto-parts from Hyundai Mobis. > > > > The Toyota chairman, predicted tough times for global car industrynext > > year, said that automakers will be forced to offer more discountsand > > incentives to maintain this year's sales levels. "Despite theoverall > > downturn, the losses will vary from country to country." > > > > "Environment-friendliness will assume growing importance in the > > automotive industry from now on. Without advanced hybrid-engine > > (combining gasoline and battery) technologies, automakers can hardly > > survive in the future," he said, forecasting that the fuel cell-powered

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> > cars will be fully commercialized by 2010. > > > > > > Hyundai teams with Capstone on hybrid engine > > > > <http://www.just-auto.com/news_detail.asp?art=15237> > > > > 5 Oct 2000(Reuters) -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Thursday

it > > has teamed up with U.S. energy company Capstone Turbine Corp todevelop > > hybrid engines. The country's largest carmaker said in a statementthe > > first hybrid engine using Capstone's gas turbine generator would be > > installed and tested in the Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle (SUV) inthe > > first half of 2001. The hybrid engine could double fuel efficiencyand > > cut exhaust emission to one-sixth that from normal combustionengines,

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> > Hyundai said. > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > >

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Funny you should bring this up... A buddy and I were having this very same discussion last night! The English pronounce it Hi-Yun-Die, but then again they also say All-You-Min-E-Yum too, so there ya go... We American's (at least most people here....) pronounce it Hun-Day or something similar... But we also say A-Loom-N-In for the metal that most Hyundai's are probably built out of... Your thoughts? Jay J "Alexpez" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:913e24$dv3$[email hidden]...

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> always thought it was 'Hi' 'wn' 'dai' > > pez > Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > "sudesh" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > actually you don't pronounce the H so it would sound like yoonday i > > > think...... > > > > I saw a report on TV from some exhibition, where they actually asked > > one of the people on the Hyundai-stand, and she said it should be > > pronounced something like "yon daeh". the first syllable was like > > "yawn", only with a short vowel; the second syllable was like "the", > > only with a d. :) > > > > > > -- > > Gunnar > > #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�:

2 > > myk, trygg og god. > >

<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9141vg$dur$[email hidden]... > Hyundai in Korean means "contemporary". > Hmm... I was told it was "growing toward modernity" but they're fairly close. The funny part is, Hyundai cars are evolutions of the Mitsubishi designs that they bought and duplicated. This is almost as funny as if a company had a joint engine deal with BMW and then that company was bought by Mercedes-Benz... oh wait, that's happened too!

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 02:53:25 GMT, "Jay J" <[email hidden]> wrote: >We American's (at least most people here....) pronounce it Hun-Day or >something similar... A lot of folks who don't know much about cars keep trying to pronouce it "Honda" > But we also say A-Loom-N-In for the metal that most >Hyundai's are probably built out of... I'm an American and I pronounce it A-Loom-In-Um. I have no idea how to pronouce what you spelled phonetically up there.. ~daxe