Tamiya....lets get it right.

[Guest Sickfish]

5 pages of replies on pronunciation, really?? Man some of you guys need a life... This is a model car forum, right?

Let's put things in perspective here.. A guy work's his arse off on a build, post's it up & maybe get's 2-3 replies/comments.... Some other guy post's a thread " how do you say Tamiya?" & this gets 5 pages???

It's becoming a joke around here...

[Harry P.]

  On 2/17/2012 at 11:48 PM, Sickfish said:

5 pages of replies on pronunciation, really?? Man some of you guys need a life... This is a model car forum, right?

Let's put things in perspective here.. A guy work's his arse off on a build, post's it up & maybe get's 2-3 replies/comments.... Some other guy post's a thread " how do you say Tamiya?" & this gets 5 pages???

It's becoming a joke around here...

So thanks for being a part of the joke...

[sjordan2]

  On 2/17/2012 at 11:48 PM, Sickfish said:

5 pages of replies on pronunciation, really?? Man some of you guys need a life... This is a model car forum, right?

Let's put things in perspective here.. A guy work's his arse off on a build, post's it up & maybe get's 2-3 replies/comments.... Some other guy post's a thread " how do you say Tamiya?" & this gets 5 pages???

It's becoming a joke around here...

Dang. That knowledge thing always gets in the way.

[Guest Sickfish]

Best you could come up with Harry? Not only has this forum become a joke, you're the head clown.

Please do me a favour, delete my account. I can get my laughs elsewhere.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Sickfish

[Rick Schmidt]

Mercedes Bents?

Edited February 18, 2012 by Rick Schmidt

[roadhawg]

Wow.....all thats missing now is something about the Dukes Of Hazzard. Anyway, thanks for setting me straight on not only the proper pronounciation of Tamiya (tah-me-a), but a whole lot of other things too....like Willis and Bruick. I once owned a Chevrolet Citation that I pronounced "sit-u-a-shun", because thats what it was.

  On 2/17/2012 at 4:52 PM, sjordan2 said:

• A Japanese sushi chef once told me that you're always safe in pronouncing Japanese words if you never emphasize any individual syllable. Just use a flat monotone.

Oh, I know this one!!! In Georgia, "Sushi" is pronounced "bait"........

[Rick Schmidt]

[Kit Basher]

I think you guys misunderstood about Buick. I've never heard anyone say "Bruick", which does sound like too much tequila, but I have heard folks say "Burick" (boorick). I don't know why, but it almost sounds right to me!

Edited February 18, 2012 by basher

[Jon Cole]

  On 2/18/2012 at 2:56 AM, basher said:

I think you guys misunderstood about Buick. I've never heard anyone say "Bruick", which does sound like too much tequila, but I have heard folks say "Burick" (boorick). I don't know why, but it almost sounds right to me!

Waaay back, when I would watch Na$car, they would interview one of the Burton bros, I believe it was Ward. Yes, I believe I can picture him pronouncing "Burick."

[Harry P.]

"Burick" doesn't make any more sense than "Bruick."

Where do they see the "R" in B-U-I-C-K????

[Danno]

  On 2/17/2012 at 4:52 PM, sjordan2 said:

• My survey of Japanese modeling videos seems to indicate that the normal pronunciation of Tamiya is TAHM-YAH, with the 'i' not pronounced at all.

You should let the Tamiya family know ... they've been mispronouncing their own name for a long, long time.

[Danno]

  On 2/18/2012 at 1:18 AM, Sickfish said:

Best you could come up with Harry? Not only has this forum become a joke, you're the head clown.

Please do me a favour, delete my account. I can get my laughs elsewhere.

Then ... PLEASE DO! Don't waste our bandwith.

[Danno]

  On 2/18/2012 at 2:29 AM, roadhawg said:

Wow.....all thats missing now is something about the Dukes Of Hazzard.

Oh, I know this one!!! In Georgia, "Sushi" is pronounced "bait"........

Dukes of Hazzard is pronounced 'Pee yooks of Hah zarred' ... if it has to be pronounced at all.

And, you're right about the correct pronounciation of 'Sushi.' But it's more universal than just Georgia.

BTW - 'Byurrrick' is a much more common pronounciation than Harry might think ... it's a dialect thing.

[Danno]

  On 2/18/2012 at 2:44 AM, Rick Schmidt said:

Achtung! Vatch dis! ...

[Guest]

  On 2/17/2012 at 11:48 PM, Sickfish said:

5 pages of replies on pronunciation, really?? Man some of you guys need a life... This is a model car forum, right?

Let's put things in perspective here.. A guy work's his arse off on a build, post's it up & maybe get's 2-3 replies/comments.... Some other guy post's a thread " how do you say Tamiya?" & this gets 5 pages???

It's becoming a joke around here...

And who forced YOU to read it?

[James Flowers]

How about Jo-Han or Johan as in The Directory of Model Car Kits price guide by Bill Coulter And Bob Shelton ?

[Mr. Moparman]

Ta-mi-ya is how I say it.

[Kit Basher]

  On 2/18/2012 at 4:58 AM, Harry P. said:

"Burick" doesn't make any more sense than "Bruick."

Where do they see the "R" in B-U-I-C-K????

  On 2/17/2012 at 7:03 PM, Nate said:

Unless you're in Bahstan (Boston) where it's pronounced Fahd.

Some folks found the "r" that fell off a Ford in Boston, and decided to put it in a Buick!

[Harry P.]

  On 2/18/2012 at 12:49 PM, James Flowers said:

How about Jo-Han or Johan as in The Directory of Model Car Kits price guide by Bill Coulter And Bob Shelton ?

It was Jo-Han (that's how the name appeared on the boxes) until Okey Spaulding bought what was left of the company from Seville and renamed the company JoHan Models LLC.

[Pete J.]

  On 2/17/2012 at 9:35 PM, Scale-Master said:

Comb, Home...

Then you have One & Won. Two & To.

One looks like it should be pronounced Own like in Tone. And Two doesn't even need it's W...

Mark - you left one(or is the won) out. It is to,too, and two. Tomb - toom comb - coom? and wear or where.....?

A big thanks to all who remind us of our regional differances! We are indeed a people united but separated by a common language. By the way Nate - Fahd is the stuff that gets into jet engines and screws them up. (inside joke for aviators!)

Oh, and by the way I never heard it pronounce Willis. I learned to drive in a CJ-2A and Dad always called it a Willees. I guess that is a Nebraska thing.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Pete J.

[Scale-Master]

And there's a wuh-wuh it doesn't even need!

[Chuck Most]

  On 2/18/2012 at 12:49 PM, James Flowers said:

How about Jo-Han or Johan as in The Directory of Model Car Kits price guide by Bill Coulter And Bob Shelton ?

Like Harry mentioned, it has changed from being hyphenated to one word over the years.

Here's an original-artwork '60's Fire Ambulance

For a time they had a somewhat cutesly logo, with a narrow whitewall tire for an 'O'...

And finally, it was done as one word, with no hyphen, in all caps, during the Okey Spaulding years...

So... long story short, I suppose whether you spell it with or without the hyphen depends on when the kit you are reffering to was manufactured.

[Chuck Most]

  On 2/18/2012 at 5:36 PM, DoubleD said:

the Gallagher references seem to be lost on most here unfortunately.

great comedian with some truly funny stuff, but he was also awesome with the English language and poking some fun at how wacky it can be

And then there was the whole watermelon thing...

[sjordan2]

...and if you get a front row seat around here, sometimes you need protective plastic sheeting like Gallagher's audience.

Edited February 18, 2012 by sjordan2

[Scale-Master]

  On 2/18/2012 at 5:36 PM, DoubleD said:

the Gallagher references seem to be lost on most here unfortunately.

great comedian with some truly funny stuff, but he was also awesome with the English language and poking some fun at how wacky it can be

Like: "Women are nuts!" Wait.... "Men are bolts!"