How do you pronounce Acura?

[Mermaidman]

I thought the Japanese pronounce "R" almost like an "L." In that case, Acura would probably be "AH-Kew-Lah"

(e.g. Godzilla was originally "Gojirah," and the cartoon character Kirara is pronounced like Kilala.)

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
I thought the Japanese pronounce "R" almost like an "L." In that case, Acura would probably be "AH-Kew-Lah"

(e.g. Godzilla was originally "Gojirah," and the cartoon character Kirara is pronounced like Kilala.)

You're thinking of Chinese.

R is used everywhere in japanese.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Beau
R is used everywhere in japanese.

and it sounds like a rolled "R" or an "L"

 

[Mermaidman]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Beau
R is used everywhere in japanese.

and it sounds like a rolled "R" or an "L"

Thank you--That's what I was tlying to say.

 

[Cattlegod]

Ack you're a

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: uhohs
good thing acura isn't a japanese word.

Good thing it's a Japanese company and pronounced that way by them. Even if you represent it as Katakana, it still won't be pronounced the way some people are showing.

EDIT:

Originally posted by: uhohs
good thing it's 2007

And your point? It's been well known that Honda will start marketing Acura in Japan... don't b!tch at me for other people's ignorance. Go back to playing with your sailor moon dolls and posting emo threads about people that no one knows or cares about.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: uhohs
good thing acura isn't a japanese word.

Good thing it's a Japanese company and pronounced that way by them. Even if you represent it as Katakana, it still won't be pronounced the way some people are showing.

Sorry, but the word "Acura" is an english word. It was devised as an English word meant to mimic "Accurate" and thereby give an impression of excellence and quality.

It may be pronounced "Ah-Ku-Ra" when it is transliterated into Japanese script, but the fact is that the brand was originally an English word and the Japanese spelling is a transliteration and not the original word and that the proper pronounciation is "Ak-yoor-uh", similar to "Accurate" when speaking in English.

Thanks for playing though.

ZV

 

[Phokus]

aye caramba!

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Ak-yoor-uh.

Similar to "Accurate".

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Eli
I had no idea that this was even debatable.

A-coo-rah??

:laugh::laugh:

It's not. The OP's friend is an idiot.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

He's right, though.

 

[SSSnail]

A lot of people I know pronounce it "Ack-u-la".

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

He's right, though.

seriously, a little sensitive over one little comment

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Ak-yoor-uh.

Similar to "Accurate".

 

[uhohs]

Aikouka has pms today.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

hey, that's kinda how you've been in this thread. lols

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

hey, that's kinda how you've been in this thread. lols

:laugh:

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

Nah, that's just how I always respond to clueless people.

You post an astonishing amount of blatantly incorrect information about cars. Not just this thread, but every automotive thread I've seen you in. You come in, post a bunch of BS that shows a complete lack of mechanical experiences and aptitude, and then get pissy when someone with more experience and knowledge schools you.

If you want me to be nicer to you, start being right.

ZV

 

[Colt45]

?????

 

[sniperruff]

the acura commercial guy says ack-cu-ra so he must be right.

 

[TravisT]

Ack-Yur-Uh (I'm from the south... sorry.)

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
seriously, a little sensitive over one little comment

It's not one comment, it's a trend. There's a couple members I tend to see that act like this and it pisses me off.

Originally posted by: uhohs
hey, that's kinda how you've been in this thread. lols

Show me where I've been proved wrong? I'll make yet another point that you can't dispute.

You say it's pronounced like accurate because Acura is based off of the word accurate. Yes, it is based off the word accurate, yet it lacks a defining difference that the word has... two constants following each other. Accurate's syllable break-out is ac·cu·rate. Yet, Acura doesn't contain the two constant continuation and is more like the word acute when it comes to the proper pronunciation for the first 'a'. Acute's syllable break-out is a·cute, notice the separation between the 'a' and the 'c'... that's what I've been pushing the entire time.

EDIT:

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Nah, that's just how I always respond to clueless people.

You post an astonishing amount of blatantly incorrect information about cars. Not just this thread, but every automotive thread I've seen you in. You come in, post a bunch of BS that shows a complete lack of mechanical experiences and aptitude, and then get pissy when someone with more experience and knowledge schools you.

If you want me to be nicer to you, start being right.

ZV

The only thing I've ever said "wrong" wasn't wrong, it just had no relation to the exact topic, yet I still knew the right answer (the fact that cold air is harder to compress, which I'd like you to prove to me that 1L of air at 0C is just as easy to compress as 1L of air at 50C... I'll be waiting but I don't suspect you'll have an answer). Show me something I've said that's wrong. I'd like to know how much experience you have with cars. I took a car with a blown engine and completely swapped it out with 0 issues... oh and that was by myself too. Holy ******, maybe he does know something. My only ineptitude when it comes to cars is my inability to be organized. I have a bad habit of losing bolts .

Yet again, it still shows that instead of showing someone the error in their way, you lambaste them. You're a shinning pillar of society, ass.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Thanks for playing though.

ZV

Thanks for being a tool.

EDIT: You'd think the term "Elite" went to your head or something and my opinion is not just based on this thread but most where you come in all pompously toting around your opinion like it's delivered straight from God.

hey, that's kinda how you've been in this thread. lols

:laugh:

He's just upset that I've stolen his technique. :beer:

ZV

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
Show me where I've been proved wrong? I'll make yet another point that you can't dispute.

You're pronouncing an American car brand the way it would be pronounced in Japan. If Honda wants to pronounce it that way in Japan, they can go right ahead. But in the US they pronounce it 'ak-yur-ah' in their own commercials - THAT is how you've been proven wrong.