Monglexicon - a non-alphabetical list of misspelt car names

[DSdriver]

A dyslexic person has a problem with word blindness and despite making an effort to get things right sometimes gets it wrong.

A monglexic person just doesn't care about spelling which can be hard for the rest of us. I'll start us off here:

 

SAAB/SABB

Saab are/were a Scandinavian manufacturer of fine cars and aeroplanes.

Sabb are/were a Scandinavian manufacturer of fine diesel engines.

 

Try looking for Sabb parts on the internet and you will get an idea of the problem.

 

Here's another :

 

Citroen/Citreon

Citroen were a French manufacturer of typically french cars now producing shit.

Citreon is just plain wreong.

 

Over to you...

[chaseracer]

"Alpha Romero".

 

Nuff sed...

[Timewaster]

Can I add mispronounced manufacturers?

 

My old boss insisted on calling certain French cars as "pee you jots" despite 30 years in the motor trade.

 

The travelling community were always good for this too.

 

Lots of them seemed to drive "mitsy bitcheys" or "eye suzies". One in particular drove a Ford "sahra"

 

Just for balance, we have all got dacia wrong for years. Turns out it is "dat cha"

Who knew?

[Richard]

My brother in law's C5 had a CITREON badge on the bootlid.

[Station]

Irmscher = Irmsher

 

Subaru = Suburu

[Tayne]

A certain Mike Brewer never seemed to appreciated that there is a d in Land Rover.

[brickwall]

Raneg rver

 

Hiundai Gets

[mercrocker]

Austin Martin.  

Lansier Fulvia

Porch 911

Renort

 

as well as the perennial piss-you-off that started the current grump thread - Robin Reliant

[overrun]

Citreon X-antia

Irmascher

KA

Renolt

 

Also people saying Fords instead of just Ford.

[Pillock]

Renolts and the myriad ways of mispronouncing Peugeot are my pet peeves.

 

Volkswagons are good, they are often cheaper than Volkswagens on eBay because they don't appear on searches.

[Junkman]

Opal Record and Cadet.

Chevy Camero

Volkswagon Karman and Karmen

[fordperv]

Seirra is a common cock up, can get cheap stuff on ebay because of it though

[AlabamaShrimp]

Can't remember where I've seen it but dacia can be said both ways.

 

There was a thing on the BBC webshite about how both versions of hyundai are said at the company and no one knows which is the right one

 

As for actually spelling stuff I can't comment as in really bad at it

[Negative Creep]

Is it a Skoda Oct-tah-veha or Oct-a-veha?

[Tayne]

Can't remember where I've seen it but dacia can be said both ways.

 

I always thought it was Day-see-a (probably marketed as such in the 80s) but when they came back it was Dat-cha, as it was in Romania.

I do believe we have a Romanian on here who can settle this though.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Audi pronounced 'awe dee'

 

Lotus Espirit

 

Rover SDI

 

And my pet hate......'Beemer'. It's BMW you fucking imbecile.

[mercrocker]

Bit pedantic but Galaxie and Galaxy are two entirely different Frauds both of which may or may not have a centre console, depending upon spec.  Never, however, a centre consul which is another annoying feature of many Ebay listings. 

 

Also, how does one operate a Peddle Car?   By hawking it round from door to door so that you are forcibly propelled toward the next house?

[Paul Dupart]

Reliant often spelt  'Robin'

 

Robin often spelt  'Reliant'

[Felly Magic]

What about our friends in Amerricuh? What is a Hundi or a Mit-soo-booshi? And is it Dat'cha or Dacia?

[stormee]

Tsitröhn for Citroen.

[Partridge]

I've seen "Diehatsue" before.

 

A friend used to say "Volvo" as "Veevo"...that really ground my gears.

[Felly Magic]

Nissen as Nissan, its not a bloody hut!

[DS20]

Raneg rver

 

 

Or, for a Range Rover variant, Vouge instead of Vogue. That I find particularly grating.

[2MB]

Mercedes Bens. People that can't read, shouldn't write

[dollywobbler]

Tsitröhn for Citroen.

 

I'm pretty sure everyone in the world mispronounces this one. I'm still not entirely sure what it should sound like. Sit-ron will do.

[Timewaster]

I thought the French say "sit row hen"

 

I tend to go for "Sss itch run"

[Shep Shepherd]

I saw several adverts for used VW Passets in the mid 1990s

[Albert Ross]

Landy. AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[Partridge]

Nothing wrong with Landy!

[stormee]

I'm pretty sure everyone in the world mispronounces this one. I'm still not entirely sure what it should sound like. Sit-ron will do.

It's Sit-ro-en. The : above the e is a separator, so the e is pronounced alone, it is also the indicator for the emphasized syllable in this case.