How do you pronounce Acura?

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
<whiney b*tchiness>

Yawn.

ZV

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: 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.

You mean all those acura commercials are acutally pronouncing their own product correctly? It's can't be.

But it's still fun to watch him dig a hole.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Ak-yoor-uh.

Similar to "Accurate".

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: mugs
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.

I just watched this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ernHGtKzCyQ ) a couple times in a row (way too many times to watch an Acura commercial) and I still hear a-cu-ra. At the most, you could claim they pronounce it acu-ra. Your "ak-yur-ah" sounds like they've got southerners doing the commercial .

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Yawn.

ZV

Hmm that's as much evidence as I expected from Mr. Signs-His-Posts .

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
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.

I guess you've decided to ignore a couple of common English words that start with acu, acuate and acumen, as well as just about every word where "acu" appears in the middle. :laugh:

 

[ELopes580]

A-cure-uh?

aka The Ultimate Ricer's Machine!

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: Aikouka
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.

I guess you've decided to ignore a couple of common English words that start with acu, acuate and acumen, as well as just about every word where "acu" appears in the middle. :laugh:

shut up, this is japan now, be polite and mind your manners. do not dishonor your family.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: uhohs

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: Aikouka
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.

I guess you've decided to ignore a couple of common English words that start with acu, acuate and acumen, as well as just about every word where "acu" appears in the middle. :laugh:

shut up, this is japan now, be polite and mind your manners. do not dishonor your family.

Oops. My mistake.

 

[b0mbrman]

The right way

 

[cjgallen]

Same way they say it in the commercials.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: JujuFish
I guess you've decided to ignore a couple of common English words that start with acu, acuate and acumen, as well as just about every word where "acu" appears in the middle. :laugh:

Acute's not common ? Acuate shows up as ac-... but acumen showed up as a-c... and ac-... .

I'm just trying to say that there is a distinct 'a' sound in the name and no southern drawl .

Now, what's really interesting, is if you look at the Japanese Katakana for the name Acura, ????. This romanjisizes into Akikura.

Originally posted by: ELopes580
A-cure-uh?

aka The Ultimate Ricer's Machine!

Better watch out, people will say you're wrong without the southern drawl! :Q

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
Now, what's really interesting, is if you look at the Japanese Katakana for the name Acura, ????. This romanjisizes into Akikura.

I hope this is just an honest mistake, because that's obviously a kyu ra, not a ki ku ra.

 

[isekii]

is this your friend ?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: mugs
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.

I just watched this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ernHGtKzCyQ ) a couple times in a row (way too many times to watch an Acura commercial) and I still hear a-cu-ra. At the most, you could claim they pronounce it acu-ra. Your "ak-yur-ah" sounds like they've got southerners doing the commercial .

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Yawn.

ZV

Hmm that's as much evidence as I expected from Mr. Signs-His-Posts .

OK, if they're pronouncing it in that commercial the way you think it's supposed to be pronounced, then you suck at spelling out the pronunciation of a word, and you suck at understanding how other people are pronouncing a word. What you hear in that commercial is the way nearly everyone in this thread (except you and the OP's friend) say it should be pronounced, and it is not the way you appear to be saying it should be pronounced.

You said:
Ah-cuh-rah

Any English speaking person would pronounce the 'uh' in the middle like the 'u' in 'bus;' in the commercial it is like the 'oo' in 'food.' An English speaking person would pronounce the 'ah' at the beginning and end like the 'o' in 'bottle' or the 'u' in 'bus;' in the commercial it is like the 'a' in 'alvin.' And the 'cu' in the commercial is pronounced like the name of the letter 'Q' which is not at all reflected in your pronunciation there. That 'Q' sound is why you are seeing people put the letter 'y' in their pronunciations. 'Q' sounds like 'kyu' (people use the 'k' to represent a hard 'c' sound)


At very least you don't know how to pronounce accurate, because Acura is pronounced very similarly to the beginning of accurate, and you say that is not correct.

I think we've all wasted a lot of time here.

 

[Pepsi90919]

are you serious?

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: burntfish
ack-cue-ra

um, you make two distinct "k" sounds? why?

as for me:

"soft A -- cue -- ra"

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: JujuFish
I guess you've decided to ignore a couple of common English words that start with acu, acuate and acumen, as well as just about every word where "acu" appears in the middle. :laugh:

Acute's not common ? Acuate shows up as ac-... but acumen showed up as a-c... and ac-... .

I'm just trying to say that there is a distinct 'a' sound in the name and no southern drawl .

Now, what's really interesting, is if you look at the Japanese Katakana for the name Acura, ????. This romanjisizes into Akikura.

Originally posted by: ELopes580
A-cure-uh?

aka The Ultimate Ricer's Machine!

Better watch out, people will say you're wrong without the southern drawl! :Q

Do you know how the english language works?

Honestly.

You're posting non-sense and trying to pick apart words based on sylables just on combination alone. It doesn't work like that.