Pronounciation poll

[DS1]

Poll question: Pronounciation poll

I work with a guy that always says Audi in a certain way, and it drives me nuts

So...

[Shell Beau]

1. I say it the same way

the commercials say it. Ow-di

[matcom]

2. how do you 'always Audi in a certain way'?

:shrug:

oh and it's OWDI :D

[progmom]

3. and how do you pronounce...

"pronunciation"?


:hide:

[DS1]

4. someone found the easter egg

Ow

[MissHoneychurch]

5. its "ow-di"

or as we say in German Audi :)

[Richardo]

6. Aaa-ooo-di

in Spanish.

[Misunderestimator]

7. I HATE when people say AW-DEE... it's OW-DEE! Here's mine:

[progmom]

9. nice ass!

[Misunderestimator]

12. Thank you!

Did you ever see this one:

(edited to remove the pic :) )

[DS1]

15. mmmmmmmm

fabulously configured forbidden territory

[Misunderestimator]

20. ....

:spray: :rofl:

[progmom]

16. is that yours?

[Misunderestimator]

19. Mmmhmmm

[DS1]

10. sweet ride!

I want one

[Misunderestimator]

13. Wanna buy it?

Too bad... you can't... :P ... I finally finished paying for it in January.

[Richardo]

21. So I'm scrolling down these replies...

...and I see the subject line 'sweet ride!' seemingly in response to Misu's ass photo. :rofl:

[Misunderestimator]

22. LOL...

I totally missed this!

:rofl: :spray:



:rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

8. here ya go

owdi

[supernova]

11. I lust after Audi

Wish I could afford one.

[GOPisEvil]

14. Me too.

If I get one, it will have to be used.

Their ENTRY-LEVEL car starts at $25k. Yeah...right.

[no name no slogan]

17. stra--tee--jerr--eee

:shrug:

[hyphenate]

18. Well, think about it

Audial, audio, and auto. All with the short "o" sound. I can see where some people would pronounce it that way.

A friend and her husband were out driving once some time ago, and they saw a car, and Denise said, "That's a S-A-A-B." Jimmy, her hubby, said, "No, that's not how you say it--it's "sa-ab." So they were gone a little further and they spotted a second car, and Denise said "Look, it's a Mister 2!" Jimmy gave up. But it's interesting the different takes on car pronounciations.

[kick-ass-bob]

24. except that the car company blasts its name everywhere

OW-di.

[RedCloud]

23. Norfolk Inway!

We must pronounce correctly.

Verizon should be like "verily, verily, I say unto thee..." not as the last two syllables of "Horizon".

Further, this new bank "Wachovia" is pronounced "Walk over ya" when it should be more Orwellian "Watch over ya."

[SOteric]

25. I suppose

it was your civic duty to conduct this poll and advise your coworker.

That sort of makes this your 'Audi Duty.' :7 :hi:

[DS1]

26. oh boy

[GOPisEvil]

27. !!

:spank:

[SOteric]

29. Okay, Okay. I probably deserved that.

:shrug:

[billyskank]

28. It's german, innit?

So therefore "ow-dee." Go kick that guy's ass!

[Kellanved]

32. Latin

The imperative of audire, to hear/listen. (The founder was named "Horch", which is the imperative of "horchen", to listen(old fashioned) ).

;-)

[LynzM]

33. Neat, thanks.

That is, if you're not making that up ;) (I know some of it is for real, but the latin part, really?)

[billyskank]

34. I meant the car company, smartass!

;)

[Kellanved]

36. So did I

The name is Latin.
</smartass>

[CubsFan1982]

30. It's PRONUNCIATION.

:P

[DS1]

31. I knew that

I love people getting on rants about spelling mistakes and making their own at the same time, there's a certainly beauty to it :-)

[bigwillq]

35. I say ow di (nt)