How do you pronounce....

[cee-dee]

How do you pronounce the word Subaru?

Do you say "Soo-bah-roo" or is it "Soo-bar-oo" with emphasis on the "bar"?

For an on-going thread, what other words can you think of which have questionable or alternative pronunciations?

[1956glyn]

Hiya.

its Sue Boo Roo

[fallen-archie]

Around here it's  

[1956glyn]

My neighbour has one....and i call it a noisy nuisance lol

[*.*..lola..*.*]

Soo-bah-roo

Vegetables - I pronounce it vegtables as opposed to veg-e-tables which is a bit pretentious

[fallen-archie]

Wait till the summer comes and the motorbike comes out 

[fallen-archie]

When I pronounce Clock I have a tendency to drop the L 

[jd.linklater]

I've always pronounced it Soo-baroo, don't know if it's correct.

A lot of people pronounce Hyundai as Hye-un-dye but I think it's supposed to be Heeun-day.

[*.*..lola..*.*]

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@fallen-archie wrote:

When I pronounce Clock I have a tendency to drop the L 

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Ditto..

..but only when I see anything involving David Cameron   

[jd.linklater]

Toyota is not pronounced as we say it (Toy-oh-ta) in Japan. The Japanese have no 'oy' sound and never end a syllable with a Y, the correct pronunciation is Toh-Yoh-Tah.

[**bustysinclaire**]

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@jd.linklater wrote:

I've always pronounced it Soo-baroo, don't know if it's correct.

A lot of people pronounce Hyundai as Hye-un-dye but I think it's supposed to be Heeun-day.

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@jd.linklater wrote:

I've always pronounced it Soo-baroo, don't know if it's correct.

A lot of people pronounce Hyundai as Hye-un-dye but I think it's supposed to be Heeun-day.

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Yes, on both those JD I pronounce them the same as you.  Xx

[1956glyn]

I love that....next mood swing in 6 minutes.    My wife dont last 3 lol   (Hormones!!)

[**bustysinclaire**]

Another pronunciation I have an argument (friendly of course), especially with people of Birmingham as I originally come from Bedfordshire is how the letter H is pronounced.

Is it haitch or aitch, I always pronounce it aitch but people from where I live in the West Midlands including Brummies pronounce it haitch, so I saw house is spelt ..........aitch oh you es were.......... And my fellow midlanders say it is spelt .......haitch oo how es eee......

Really is strange to me, I do believe my version is the correct version ...... The queens English.  Xxxx. Or Kings lol which ever you feel is correct xxx

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@1956glyn wrote:

I love that....next mood swing in 6 minutes.    My wife dont last 3 lol   (Hormones!!)

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Lol, exactly, most definitely the hormones......or so I have been told.   Xxxxx

[1956glyn]

Oy am ya !    I too am in the West Midlands. (No local dialect at all as not originally from here)

I think how you pronounce things really depends on where you actually live and half the time local dialect.

To give you a clue i went to school in Henley in Arden.

Where i live they pronounce horse Oss 🙂    

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@1956glyn wrote:

Oy am ya !    I too am in the West Midlands. (No local dialect at all as not originally from here)

I think how you pronounce things really depends on where you actually live and half the time local dialect.

To give you a clue i went to school in Henley in Arden.

Where i live they pronounce horse Oss 🙂    

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Lol,  half a horse. Xxxxx.   

Thinking about it now, I don't leave letters off ends of words either I don't usually speak slang.   That is why I have trouble now with the new text speak XXX

"Where's yow bin?    In the back garden, where's yow's .     xxxxx.  Really it was where have you been? .......😄

[1956glyn]

i just sent you a message

[suzieseaside]

I was brought up in the south east - queens English and all and used to say Barth (bath) and darnce (dance) etc. Then I shared a house with 4 northern guys who used to tell me there was no R in bath. That sunk in and made a permanent impression for some reason so now I speak mostly 'southern' with the odd northern pronounciation for bath or dance, chance, and similar thrown in !

[cee-dee]

The reason for the thread is that I've been watching some Australian and New Zealand cop programmes and they've been pronouncing Subaru as "Soo-bar-oo" with emphasis on the "bar".

I've always pronounced it as "Soo-bah-roo". I know lotsa people call them a Scooby-do or a Scooby.

I thought it might be interesting to continue with other debateable pronunciations.

Here's a word:- How should Digoxin be pronounced?

[jd.linklater]

I think that's Dye-joxin.