View Full Version : How do you say certain words?
Mr Cool
07-19-2008, 06:39 PM
Ill start Volvo. Do you say it like Vole-vo or val-vo?
I pick the first.
Scott
07-19-2008, 06:42 PM
I say Vole-voh, I don't get how people say "Val" when it's clearly an "o"
Trunks
07-19-2008, 09:09 PM
I say Vole-voh, I don't get how people say "Val" when it's clearly an "o"
Yea same here, all you have to do is sound it out. Last time I checked "a" sounds nothing like "o"
Ghost
07-19-2008, 09:20 PM
I say Vole-voh, I don't get how people say "Val" when it's clearly an "o"
I say that too.
When you say "porche" is it "porsh-uh" "porsh-ah or just "porshe" ?
Scott
07-19-2008, 09:21 PM
I say that too.
When you say "porche" is it "porsh-uh" "porsh-ah or just "porshe" ?
That one will forever be debated. But I always say porshe.
Trunks
07-19-2008, 09:23 PM
I say that too.
When you say "porche" is it "porsh-uh" "porsh-ah or just "porshe" ?
I just say Porsche. The "e" is silent in it. so then you have porsh, which sounds out perfectly.
LiNuX
07-19-2008, 11:03 PM
Porsche - the E is pronounced like "uh" but not many people say it lol, but pronunciation is porsh-uh
but like many others, i don't say the "uh" lol - got used to it
toe-may-toe or toe-mah-toe...
Poe-TATE-toe or pa-tot-to??
conman1000
07-20-2008, 08:41 PM
Poe-Tat-Oh
EpsilonX
07-27-2008, 09:32 PM
po tay to
howabout this. Behemoth. I've always thought that it's pronounced bee hi moth but some of my friends say it buh hee myth. which do you say?
rukisuto
08-03-2008, 06:47 PM
I say BoHEEmoth.
Irrisponsible or Errisonsible?
I hope you get what I'm trying to say, lol.
Trunks
08-03-2008, 06:49 PM
I say it like Errisponsible.. I say it like an e...
rukisuto
08-03-2008, 06:52 PM
I say it like Errisponsible.. I say it like an e...
A long e or an e like in 'error'?
Trunks
08-03-2008, 06:53 PM
A long e...
rukisuto
08-03-2008, 09:57 PM
Coopon or Cuepon?
Trunks
08-03-2008, 10:03 PM
Defiantly Cuepon lol
Coopon sounds like a red neck or something.
Do you say Tournament or Turnament
LiNuX
08-03-2008, 10:05 PM
cooopon lol...i dont know why people say cuepon though lol
koo-pon is the correct pronunciation
rukisuto
08-03-2008, 11:11 PM
I don't know why people say Cuepon either.
My boyfriend does and it bugs me, lol.
We argue about it all the time.
Trunks
08-04-2008, 12:02 AM
it sounds dumb saying it like coopon. I would argue to.. and will lol.
LiNuX
08-04-2008, 12:14 AM
it sounds dumb saying it like coopon. I would argue to.. and will lol.
if you want a "U" to sound like a UE in CUE then you need two U's like in Vacuum
like harold and KUMAR - its KOOMAR lol - 1 U :D
rukisuto
08-04-2008, 08:15 AM
I always compare COUPON with COUGAR.
How do you pronounce Cougar?
Coogar.
Not Cuegar.
Same goes for coupon :]
LiNuX
08-04-2008, 10:27 AM
I always compare COUPON with COUGAR.
How do you pronounce Cougar?
Coogar.
Not Cuegar.
Same goes for coupon :]
yea. kooger - those are cool....also called mountain lions
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