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How do you pronounce "Hyundai"?

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#1 ·
SOUND OUT how you guys pronounce "Hyundai"...

I've heard it pronounced a handful of different ways, like Hun-day, Hy-un-day, Hun-die, etc...

Me:
Hun-day
 
#4 ·
.... as Jeff Bridges said ... "Hyundai, like Sunday"
 
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OMG that makes me want to shoot that person. A guy at my work said "Nice Honda, what model is it?" I didn't know what to say.
 
#7 ·
I've noticed it being pronounced differently in different countries. In the US we seem to have settled on Hun-day. The corporate marketing people want strong brand recognition with a name that rolls easily off the tongue. In the 80's I worked on a project for a Korean company we pronounced Hi-un-die (both long i's).
 
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I say Hun-die but sometimes i slip and say it as Hun-day. I've heard lots of people prounoce it as He-un-day amd He-un-die.

Funny story... when I went to get a cashiers check for the down payment of my car, I told the bank clerk to make it out to HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA. She goes okay HONDA MOTORS AMERICA right? I tell her no its HYUNDAI and she responds by telling me no your mistaken, the company is named HONDA.....................
 
#25 ·
In Korean, the name "Hyun" is pronounced "Hee-yun"

So technically, Hyundai would/should most likely be pronounced "Hee-yun-day"...quote]


Told you, guys.

I was right.

hehe

:]

What do I call MY cars?

My Sonata's name is "Jun-chan". Japanese for...well, it's just a Japanese name. :p

My RX-7's name is "Nana". Japanese for "7".

My RX-8's name is "Hachi". Japanese for "8".
 
#23 ·
Nice. I've been saying it wrong then. Hun-day it is.

I was saying Hi-un-day.
 
#28 ·
LOL CHiSEEN...

You're right, "Jun" is also Korean.

The reason I mentioned it being Japanese was because my wife and I got the name from the Japanese anime "Nana".

"Jun-chan" is a character in the anime....as are 2 female characters BOTH named Nana...but one gets nick-named "Hachi-ko" a lot..

So it's kind of a double-meaning thing with the Nana and Hachi names of my RX-7/8, too.

lol :p

Nerd? Yes.
 
#29 ·
Usually when I sign up on the car forums I go by the handle "Hachiroku" since I owned one for 29 years, but alas it has been sold...:(
 
#30 ·
In Ontario, Canada most of the owners I know including the dealers pronounce it as "hee-un-day"
 
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