Common (mis)pronunciations

[RCWells]

and the point goes to Madahtter for the win!

Check here for Greek pronunciation guide: http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/l...html#footnote1

eta = sounds like "hey", so it would be pronounced ay-tuh. Now, is this REALLY that important? I understand Por-sha vs. Porsh, but getting into ay vs. eh vs. ee is just getting too ridiculous. It really does come down to where you live and the dialect. Meh, I'm gonna let you guys hash the rest of this thread out on your own.

[Victell]

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Azev = AH-zev
Eibach = EYE-bock

Not knowing pronunciations of words is common for autodidactic people, because most knowledge is gained from reading alone.

[OLD323]

Alpina is one that get on my goat, im an Al-peen-a boy not Al-pine-nuh.

Non car related but the WORST is by far, AKS for ask, worse still AKST for asked.

[DanGillan]

adam is right its ah-tay. for a fact. all the people who say otherwise are people that are NOT bmw techs or in school for it. hmm. interesting.

[E30 Wagen]

Would it be worthless to start a thread that explains not pronunciations, but acronyms as well, such as CAB's for Control Arm Bushings, etc.

[cpain49176]

I know it has been covered, but I have heard a number of people from other countrys (Germans, Sweeds, Fins,...) pronounce Bistein "Bilsh-tain" and not "Bil-steen,"

Is it really Bil-steen?

ei makes an "eye" sound so its bilstein, like rammstein

[VAPORBLADE]

This thread turned up in a search for me...

so Porsche is really POUR-SHA? If so I have been saying it wrong for years. :(

[Keith M]

How about "BIEFFE" as in the helmut manufacture ?

Keith

[mops]

you forgot the most important one:

BMW: bee - ehm - troubble-yoo

[gearheadE30]

/end thread: end thread --I think this one is obvious ;)

[delfin]

so is 325i three-twenty-five-i or aye? or ei? or ay? or ai? who knows.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Like The Things In Your Head.

[325i Chris]

How come all the BMW factory guys I know pronounce eta as "ee tee ay"?

[BigD]

I skimmed through but I don't think this has been mentioned, it's the most rampant, spelling too - guibo. It's giubo, and it's not even what our cars have (which is a flex disc). There's no such thing as a guibo in any BMW parts catalogues.

[XXX]

none of this sounds rite but im from the boston area