Let's try this again...How people/places/things in our hobby are pronounced...

Phaeton is Fay-A-Ton...not Fay-Ton...or maybe not?

Whenever I see a VW 'Phaeton' (I live in Auburn Hills, we see a lot of VW/Audi/Bentleys around these parts) I want to plink off the letters and rearrange them to read 'Phat One'...

 

Willis, or Will-eez?

 

It started out as Willis, the guys last name. Then post war officially became Willeez, due to mis-pronouncing it by the general public.

 

Coupe, in the old days, was also pronounced coop-ay...

 

From Ford...Coupe is actually Coop-ay

...sounds a little limp wristed

edit: damn 36C8 you type fast!

 

that's 3 win-der larry

 

Yeah, I guess it's French like Chevrolay instead of Chev ro let. But I have heard it pronounced with the "t" on the end.

 

Hey striper! I suddenly realized that even some of our methods of sounding out these words might really scrooooo you up! HA!

This thread is useful...I'd hate to meet Pete Chapouris some day, and say, "Nice to meet you, Mr. shape-or-ice"! Hahahahaha!

Sometimes, I think that geographical location makes a difference. Isn't "coupe" pronounced coop in America, and coop-ay in Europe?

 

"jag-wire" has pissed me off since grade 4...

 

"Caseys Coupe", pronounced Sir-kle Trak Rasser?

 

225 = duce and a quarter

 

I quit in the third grade,,,, too many recesses

 

I've always heard Mil-o-don vs Mile-o-don. Midwest thing? The rest above is coming along.

I think Sinatra is:


Doo be do be doo...

 

threads and post sure are getting shutdown quick now a days ?

I never have been able to say woshttitsshire in spanish?

 

what cha talking about Willis?

 

ok here is my question..... Gow job

is it gow as in cow??
or gow as in tow??

 

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No, no....I am the authority on this...it's: KOO-PAY...

accent on the pay.....

Limp wristed?? Not that there's anything wrong with that....


CB

 

GOW....as in COW......slang for cocaine....as in hopped up on Gow!

CB

 

bob bleed...... total loser

 

Top five best hair in the game

 

Johnny Jean Jacket = Man Pretty

 

I have 2
chassy or chassis
tudor or 2 door
ewf

 

Depends on the neighborhood.

 

Y'all gettin wuh-eerd with the pro-nun-cee-eh-shun.

 

i'm in the south and we really don't care how you say it, unless its bubba or bub-uh

 

Wat?

 

Chassis? I pronounce it as "Chas-E"...
but I think all the guys who say "Jag-U-are" call it a "shassy".
Maybe its just a North American/European thing.

"Bloody right, my Jag-U-are az al-u-mini-um shassy!
Ave look...tha' by Petrol tank..."

Tudor is just a Ford abbreviation/name...unless your into British Royalty.

 

My Dad and his car buddies (Dad was born in 23) Started a club in 37 or 38. They are all gone now but they said GOw, as in GO Cat GO. Might be where the term came from now that I think about it....

Once a cat came by and pronouned it gOW, as in OW I hit my finger. They all laughed and said "He problably calls dagmars boobies, too!"

 

I'm glad this was mentioned! Is it Eye-ski or Is-key? Baskerville said Xydias rhymed with Wittiest!! And I almost hate to admit I called it Eldebrock for years.

 

I've heard Chevy pronounced "Shiivee". Car dealer Cal Worthington is the worst offender.
How about misspelled car words. The one that peeves me is Camero.

Crower Cams- Usually pronounced to rhyme with "pow", but I was told by an old timer it is pronounced like the bird and that the early Crower Cams sticker featured a Crow holding a cam in its feet! Never seen it. Anyone recall seeing that design?