Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 28, 2004, 0:49 |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:31:24 +1100, Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
wrote:
> --- Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...> wrote: >
> --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> asked about
>> the
>> correct pronunciation of Hyundai, but I can't quote
>> him because Yahoo! Mail is too smart for that.
>>
>> In Australia, at least, the call themselves
>> /haiund&i/
>
> Sorry, that should be /haiand&i/. (The rhyme it with
> all day, every day, Hyundai on their ads if it makes a
> difference.) But I don't know Korean, so I'd suspect
> it's meant to be /hjundai/.)
For some reason /'j_0UndVj/ comes out of my mouth when I try to say it
without thinking about it too much. IIRC that's close to the pronunciation
used on English TV ads around the time I left the country, but I could
easily be very, very, very wrong.
Paul