• @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    I still have no idea how to pronounce Hyundai.

    Hee-un-dai?

    Hi-un-dai?

    Hunt-dai?

    Hu-in-dai?

    Hin-dai?

    • @FilthyShrooms
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      12 months ago

      I usually pronounce it “hun-dai” or “off-brand honda”

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      The name of the company is the Korean word for “Modernity”. It is pronounced like “Yun” with an “H” in front of it. Or “Hun”, but with the “Y” from “Yum” after the H.

      To the best of my knowledge, there’s no English word or phrase that uses this combination. “He Yawn Day” is pretty close, but slur the first two words together into a single syllable, and make it rhyme with “Sunday”

      The wikipedia page for Hyundai has a recording of the correct pronunciation.

    • @johsny
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      12 months ago

      We say “Yan-dai”