On 09/06/2021 15:49, Scott wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 07:13:29 -0700 (PDT), Owain Lastname
wrote:

On Wednesday, 9 June 2021 at 15:08:35 UTC+1, NY wrote:
I have heard quite a lot of people pronounce Seat (Spanish VW-owned car
brand) as seet (as in something you sit on). Even I know it is Say-at.

I did not recognise the French car name the first time I encountered it in Scotland.

Pyoo-joe.

I believe Hyundai is supposed to be hee-un-dee.

And Toyota did not use the name MR2 in French-speaking markets :-) .

Why isn't the W in Daewoo usually pronounced? And why begin it with D
when Koreans pronounce it starting T?

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Max Demian