Monglexicon - a non-alphabetical list of misspelt car names

[John F]

Audi is pronounced "Ow-dee" - it's the Latin equivalent of the German dialect word "horch", meaning 'listen'. And the surname of August Horch (of Nazi staff car fame) who formed Audi after his company Horch was bought out by a hostile management takeover.

 

And yes, Porsche is pronounced "por-sha" in German.

[Richard]

I thought Audi was an acronym.

[DSdriver]

Soon to be confused with Aldi?

[pompei]

Ford KAY AY

 

Tee 0h Toh  Sillycar.

[forddeliveryboy]

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

 

Schkoda. If you're wanting to sound like a British person trying to speak Czech.

 

 

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.

 

Not forgetting the slight guttural 'R' which many French introduce into this Dutch word. And the 'y' which appears when they leave the guttural r and manage to hint there is the almost silent 'o' before the ën.

 

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[Split_Pin]

Audi is indeed an acronym. The first 2 letters stand for Auto-Union whom formed some or a larger part part of a merger. You can see the 4 Auto union rings on the fron of their ace 50s 2 stroke models.

[John F]

What does it stand for then?

[forddeliveryboy]

AUDeutsche Industrie/Ingoldstadt or summit, perhaps?

[martc]

Model T Ford, grrrr.....

[Junkman]

It is the Latin word for the German imperative of the word "horchen" (to hearken) i.e. "horch", which is a consonance of the surname of its founder,

German automotive pioneer August Horch, who was forced to leave the first company he founded, i.e. Horch, and thus needed a name for his new company.

 

Every other explanation is just plain wrong.

 

That the companies Horch as well as Audi were later swallowed by the Auto Union conglomerate, has absolutely nothing to do with it.

[Hendry]

Mitsubishi pronounced "Mistabushi" or "Mitsubushi"

 

Peugeot pronounced "Pershow" whereas it should be "Pyousyo"

 

Porsche pronounced "Portia" or "Porsha" when it is "Porshh" usually by the fuckwits on Top Gear. See also Volkswagen pronounced "Vaulksvagen"

 

 

Vauxhaul is another misspelt one, Crysler, Renalt also.

 

however my pet hate is when folk commonly refer to a particular model of car as something stupid, e.g. I was on a Skoda forum the other week and everyone on there seemed to refer to their Fabia as a "Furby"

[quicksilver]

Some people say my dad drives a Heeoonday Gits.

[DSdriver]

Perhaps we should only allow cars to be sold in the UK if they are named after English towns/counties like in the good old days.

[forddeliveryboy]

All this pronunciation PCness is ok, but in Leeds, even if you can spell 'Ford', it won't be pronounced as many of you may read it (but something like Faad, or even Far). Elsewhere in Yorkshire it may come over as "Fowered" to those who listen to more received pronunciation. In parts of Scotland it may sound like 'Forrerred' spoken fast, perhaps in Devon it may sound like "Faarrrd". These spelling are obviously for those who usually speak in RP.

 

So how someone with an English or Scottish regional accent pronounces words which are even more foreign than French is an unknown. I just hope that when Chinese brands arrive on our shores, people don't try to pronounce them 'correctly'.

[chaseracer]

I just hope that when Chinese brands arrive on our shores, people don't try to pronounce them 'correctly'.

 

Emm Gee?

 

Morriss Gararjhess?  Modern Gentleman?  Utter shite...?

 

[oman5]

Can't help with the Audi name but the four rings represent the 4 companies that merged to form it. Audi, Dkw, Horch and Wanderer.

Nazi connotations aside, the Horch was a serious bit of kit with monster straight 8 and v12 engines. They rank right up there with Hispano suiza in the "stuff I'd have if I was given huge amounts of money" list.

[panhard65]

My pet hate is Jenson instead of Jensen.

[320touring]

My pet hate is Jenson instead of Jensen.

Button it;)

 

Alpena

Hatrge

Alpha romero

Ford fiester

[brickwall]

I just learnt what AUDI actually means.  Well, there you go.

[mercrocker]

I always suspected it stood for Another Utter Dickhead Inside. 

[forddeliveryboy]

Emm Gee?

 

Morriss Gararjhess?  Modern Gentleman?  Utter shite...?

 

 

Having just had a browse of their names, pronouncing them wouldn't be such a problem. GoNow, Youngman, Fukang, Fuxi. Dongfen, Chang'an.

[vulgalour]

From what I can work out, Chinese car names are decided by the manufacturer being named by someone with some grasp of English and the model decided by a cat with a keyboard.  That's how we get things like the  Lubao CA6410  and the Huandu CAC6430 to name two of the easier ones to pronounce.

[forddeliveryboy]

I wonder if people said similar things about Jap cars when they arrived? After Morris Oxfords and Austin Chummies, Lanchesters and Bentleys, no doubt a Ford Cortina sounded way out, let alone the lewd suggestion, "c'est si facile en Simca Mille".

 

But Datsun Sunny?

[Guest yelookinit]

I bloody hate when porshes are called porsha!!! Haha

[brickwall]

From what I can work out, Chinese car names are decided by the manufacturer being named by someone with some grasp of English and the model decided by a cat with a keyboard.  That's how we get things like the  Lubao CA6410  and the Huandu CAC6430 to name two of the easier ones to pronounce.

 

Aye, Chinglish. Some examples:

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Ah kid b daein wi a biggur mo'ur so kin use let me ken whit use huv tar swap fur ma Fahyaesta. Ne bad nick like and mair guid on pe'rul thin an er wan ah hid wae a biggur injun init year back.

 

I AM UR SCOTCH.

 

5 million Autoshite points, 3 pence, a used train ticket and a domino to whoever can decipher that lot of tosh.

 

*May be an actual illustration of a Facebook car advert from Scotch.

[320touring]

Ah kid b daein wi a biggur mo'ur so kin use let me ken whit use huv tar swap fur ma Fahyaesta. Ne bad nick like and mair guid on pe'rul thin an er wan ah hid wae a biggur injun init year back.

 

I AM UR SCOTCH.

 

5 million Autoshite points, 3 pence, a used train ticket and a domino to whoever can decipher that lot of tosh.

 

*May be an actual illustration of a Facebook car advert from Scotch.

I could benefit from a more capacious automobile-prey tell, fine sir, what you propose to trade in return for my Ford fiesta? Said gentleman's conveyance is most frugal in its consumption of petrol in comparison to a larger engined variant of an earlier model that was in my possession at some time in the past.

[Split_Pin]

Capital old chap, just capital!

[rml2345]

I could benefit from a more capacious automobile-prey tell, fine sir, what you propose to trade in return for my Ford fiesta? Said gentleman's conveyance is most frugal in its consumption of petrol in comparison to a larger engined variant of an earlier model that was in my possession at some time in the past.

Whit? Naneuyurpishfurfucksakes jist gies it in Inglush.

[320touring]

Whit? Naneuyurpishfurfucksakes jist gies it in Inglush.

Ahm a wee scrote an just stolt this moter. Gies a wanner an its yoors. Any scag in the glovvy is mine,but. Unnerstaun?