Comments on: From the Reventon to the Cee’d: the Unpronounceables http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/ You’ve found Auto Trader Blog; a little corner of the internet for the Auto Trader editorial team. We’ll be posting about our loves, gripes and stuff that makes us laugh. Cars, F1, Jenson Button, Motor sport, Lewis Hamilton, Advice, Celebrities, Driving tips, Auto Trader, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Green cars, Honda, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Mini, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagon Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bowserusc http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-30804 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:14:35 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-30804 and one last thing, really bad article

]]> By: bowserusc http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-30803 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:14:15 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-30803 Gallardo is a spanish word, therefore you would pronounce it as if you were speaking spanish. In romance languages the ‘v’ is often pronounced with a harder sound, which is why it sounds like a ‘b’.

When non-english speaking companies make cars, they’re not required to use english words when naming them.

]]> By: Rogelio Maria http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-23364 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:29:07 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-23364 Awesome, thanks!

]]> By: mild http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-3840 Sun, 24 May 2009 19:22:22 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-3840 Lada – lah-dah
Porsche – por-sheh

]]> By: Kia http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:35:20 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-1089 I thought “Kia Cee’d – Seed” was fairly obvious?!

]]> By: Jon http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:08:16 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-1081 What about the koenigsegg??? Cone – ig (as in pig) – segg (like peg)

]]> By: Jackie http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:24:23 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-414 Porsche is properly pronounced “por-shuh” because it is a German family name. If you want it anglicized to “poorsh”, go ahead; but it is highly frowned upon Porsche enthusiasts.

And the Lamborghini Reventón is properly pronounced “reh-ben-tohn” in Spanish.

Here’s another one:
the Lamborghini Murciélago — it is “moor-see-EH-lah-goh”, accent on the e (hence the accent mark). I’ve heard simply egregious pronunciations like “mer-chee-uh-LOG-oh” or “mercy-el-LAW-go”. People just glance over the accent mark and pretend it doesn’t exist.

]]> By: Sam Tana http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:57:00 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-200 Seat…

As for Porsche, it’s pronounced “Pork-ah”.

]]> By: Bill http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:52:13 +0000 http://autotraderblog.co.uk/2007/11/02/from-the-reventon-to-the-cee%e2%80%99d-the-unpronounceables/#comment-198 Lada

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