Tamiya....lets get it right.

[Harry P.]

BTW, I agree with Skip. Those are some nice bumpers in that video...

[Dr. Cranky]

LOL, regardless of how the OLD MAN pronounces it, he sure does build one sweet Willys.

[Harry P.]

Yep, those are beauts!

[LoneWolf15]

  On 12/19/2013 at 11:08 PM, sjordan2 said:

Your video is awesome (I have both) and I mean no disrepect (hey, I called you "estimable.")

I appreciate it ! Far better than what the exes used to call me ..... Lmao !

As to what Rob stated ..... With my crew of smart ------ , if you pronounced it properly , they'd ask what the ------- does Gary Coleman have to do with drag racing ?

[Ramcharger]

Porch-A? Heck I thought it was Porch. Ya mean all this time I wuz settin' on my Porch-A watchin' traffic and drankin' PBRs? I don't reckon whut a Ow-di is, but it sounds like it hurts, so ya oughtta git it lookt at. We butchered our Sow-na last fall, she wus gettin old. The only Willys I know of is Uncle Willis, he's up fer parole in six months. I thought this forum was about cars?!?

[LoneWolf15]

  On 12/19/2013 at 11:49 PM, Ramcharger said:

Porch-A? Heck I thought it was Porch. Ya mean all this time I wuz settin' on my Porch-A watchin' traffic and drankin' PBRs? I don't reckon whut a Ow-di is, but it sounds like it hurts, so ya oughtta git it lookt at. We butchered our Sow-na last fall, she wus gettin old. The only Willys I know of is Uncle Willis, he's up fer parole in six months. I thought this forum was about cars?!?

There is something seriously wrong with you , Boyo ! Lmao !

Thou art a sick and twisted child !

[Ace-Garageguy]

Last time some guy asked me about the 550 or the 911, i forget which..."Hey man...izzat a Porsh?", I just said "gesundheit" and smiled.

Edited December 20, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Craig Irwin]

A friend of mine owns a 41 Willys street rod, and I can't even convince him to pronounce it correctly.

[LoneWolf15]

  On 12/20/2013 at 12:07 AM, Craig Irwin said:

A friend of mine owns a 41 Willys street rod, and I can't even convince him to pronounce it correctly.

Craig ,

If he can afford that ? He can afford to pronounce the word any way he sees fit ! Lol !

[1930fordpickup]

If the guy who the cars were named after did not care why do you?

Even Chevrolet gave up trying to get people to stop calling them a Chevy.

[lordairgtar]

it's important to know what the correct pronunciation is. I say Willys like the family pronounces their name, but I hear so many say willeez. It's in the vernacular. It does irk me about mispronunciations and I grate at them, but it isn't a big deal, and you wouldn't want to alienate your friends over it. I have friends in the model club that will pronounce JOHAN, Yohan like it was Johann, another insists on saying Aroshima instead of Aoshima, Italeri becomes Italierri from some. Not a big deal. We know what they mean when they say it. Like the argument of Bimmer and Beamer regarding the cars and bikes from Bavaria (Cars are one and Bikes are called the other), but it just comes down to douchebaggerry on that one. LOL. Jag-war or Jag-u-ar; Porsh or Porsha...does it really matter in the long run. Here's another one for you, we know of the car Mercedes Benz. The car is Mer-SAY-Deez, but the girls name that the car was named for is pronounced MER-sed-eez.

Edited December 20, 2013 by lordairgtar

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Well I read one British columnist ridiculing the American "JAG-war" pronunciation, insisting that "JAG-yew-er" is the only correct way to say it...

Uh, 'scuse me there, Nigel St Lime?

You are aware that the car is named after a LATIN AMERICAN cat, aren't you?

I've yet to hear a native Nicaraguan call his country "Nic-a-RAG-yew-a" as they do in Old Blighty...

[lordairgtar]

  On 12/20/2013 at 12:32 AM, Chuck Kourouklis said:

Well I read one British columnist ridiculing the American "JAG-war" pronunciation, insisting that "JAG-yew-er" is the only correct way to say it...

Uh, 'scuse me there, Nigel St Lime?

You are aware that the car is named after a LATIN AMERICAN cat, aren't you?

I've yet to hear a native Nicaraguan call his country "Nic-a-RAG-yew-a" as they do in Old Blighty...

You just won the internet.

[Harry P.]

  On 12/20/2013 at 12:20 AM, lordairgtar said:

Porsh or Porsha...does it really matter in the long run...

If I was Ferdinand Porsche or a member of his family, it would.

[lordairgtar]

I guess it would, Harry.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

  On 12/20/2013 at 12:36 AM, lordairgtar said:

You just won the internet.

Thanks, Gregg!

(my commentary was directed at the columnist, in case that wasn't clear - wonder if I can find that piece posted some place...)

[slantasaurus]

Strangely, the tallest building in Chicago is spelled Willis but pronounced Sears......

[slusher]

  On 12/19/2013 at 9:32 PM, sjordan2 said:

People like Harry P and I have tried to get our members to pronounce "Willys" properly for a long time, instead of "Willies." How about getting it right via the way the MANUFACTURER pronounced it (like, "whatcha doin,' Willis")? Even the estimable Donn Yost gets it wrong in his video (which I was just watching and inspired this post). BTW, nice Dagmars.

I didn't know that's how its pronounced. You learn something everyday...cool

Edited December 20, 2013 by slusher

[sjordan2]

Well, this is getting pretty esoteric and odd, but if you REALLY want to get anal about it, try this:

The Italian Lamborghini cars are named after Spanish bull ranches, so here's the challenge: Pronounce the following Spanish names with an Italian accent (and no, they're not the same - you won't trill the r's the same or elide the same syllables)

Miura

Urraco

Aventador

Murcielago

etc.

Remember, they're Italian cars. If the Brits want to call their cars Jag-yew-ahs, shouldn't we follow suit with the manufacturer's pronunciation? (Though Jag advertising changed their approach to the American Jag-wahr version last year after trying for a while to use their version).

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Well, for my part, I wasn't suggesting Brits change their pronunciation - just that the columnist in question shouldn't have been so smug as to insist the British pronunciation was the ONLY correct way.

They wanna change their icon to something else but keep the name, they can redefine the pronunciation any way they like - that sort of "fictionalizing" would make it much more akin to a family name, where no one can challenge their role as the sole arbiter of how it's said correctly. But as long as it refers to a big cat, there'll be a pronunciation regional to the actual animal to conflict with their notions of how the brand should be pronounced.

I'd be interested in the Italian slant on "Murcielago", personally. Authentic to the Spanish bull, I understand the "c" should be lisped slightly, and it's the "el" that should take the accent, as I believe you actually see in the spelling of the bull's name. But danm near everyone says "mur-see-eh-LA-go".

Edited December 20, 2013 by Chuck Kourouklis

[Quick GMC]

  On 2/16/2012 at 6:22 PM, Jon Cole said:

My bro-in-law is a Porsche snob. He believes the 944S was hand built by God, just for him. Insists that it should be pronounced "Poor-shuh". So naturally everyone in the family responds "Porsche! That's what I said!" He is technically correct, but the fact that he makes such a production of it, and a matter of high importance, we just can't help having a little fun with it!

EDIT: I changed it from 924S to the 944S, which it is. My bad.

I used to be a tech at a dealer that sold Porsche. They are extremely critical of anyone that pronounces it any way other than Porsh-uh. They will literally stop you mid sentence and correct you. These are the Porsche reps. Our Porsche master tech also mentioned getting a Porsche tattoo (he had a VW one already) and they threatened to sue him for copyright infringement. They were dead serious. I couldn't believe it.

[DrKerry]

  On 2/16/2012 at 3:44 PM, TurboKitty said:

I've always pronounced it as "tam-me-yah".

That's how I've always known it to...

[mikevillena]

Porsche according to the man himself:

As to Lamborghini, I am of Spanish descent so I pronounce it as a Castillian would.

As to Tamiya:

They've made new tooling for the Yamato which was a very old kit. Just one more reason why (at least in my personal opinion) they remain true to their motto: "First in Quality Around the World"

Edited May 17, 2014 by mikevillena

[vettecote]

A friend of mine's Dad used to say Chev-er-let. My Dad used to call them She-vy. He was a Mopar guy. So who knew!...lol...Joe

Edited May 17, 2014 by vettecote

[Danno]

Just gimme a Tahmeeyah Porsheuh kit an awl bee happy, happy, happy.

I drive a rare, classical Chevvy Maluhboo and a Veedubya Passsssssatt. Oh, yah. I haves a Furd Dubble A, too!

And, I used to haves me some Mo-pa-rons, but none of 'em was orange.