Hun-die

 

+1..

 

.... as Jeff Bridges said ... "Hyundai, like Sunday"

 

This, I think hun-die sounds weird

 

Hun-day. I hate it when people pronounce it Honda…pisses me off lol.

 

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.

 

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).

 

I, and most people I know how own Hyundai's, pronounce it Hun-day. However, it does seem fairly common for non-owners to pronounce it a variety of ways. I think the next most common way that I've heard it pronounced is Hyun-die.

Also, I did a quick Google search and came up with this interesting article on the MotorTrend forum:
http://forums.motortrend.com/70/1075363/the-general-forum/frequently-mispronounced-car-company-names/index.html

 

Hun day is what i say

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I'm from Arkansas. Myself along with everyone I know says "hi-un-day"

 

Hun-day for me as well. I meant to ask that question at the dealer when I bought it, but I forgot.

I have to think that is an American pronunciation though, and that something closer to Hunn-di-e is more Korean???

 

It says in one of their secret-camera-during-test-drives commercials "Hyundai like Sunday," so that's how it's supposed to be pronounced by Americans as far as the company is concerned.

 

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.....................

 

In Korean, the name "Hyun" is pronounced "Hee-yun"

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

It's most likely pronounced "Hee-yun-day".

How do I pronounce it?....

"Hun-day".

lol

 

In Korean, the name "Hyun" is pronounced "Hee-yun"

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

Koreans pronounce it this way. Hee-yun-dae.

What chu think? Ima let you roll in a Hyundai? - YouTube

Told you, guys.

I was right.

hehe

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What do I call MY cars?

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

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

My RX-8's name is "Hachi". Japanese for "8".

 

HON-DIE lol.

 

I'm peru and the way we pronunce it, is Hi-un-dai but since I came here they are now hun-dai because if I say the other way some people just don't "understand"

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Koreans pronounce it this way. Hee-yun-dae.

 

 

Nice. I've been saying it wrong then. Hun-day it is.

I was saying Hi-un-day.

 

"whip"

 

my broinlaw says hi yun day

 

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

Nerd? Yes.

 

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...

 

In Ontario, Canada most of the owners I know including the dealers pronounce it as "hee-un-day"

 

Considering the Hyundai commercials pronounce it Hun-day, I'd say that's the correct pronunciation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKL_cn8vhjo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRj2QWW718

 

The English pronunciation rhymes with Sunday. However, they do pronounce the Y in Korea, Hyun-day.

 

Hyundai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pronunciations in English vary. Among the variants are:

• /ˈhjʌndeɪ/ HYUN-day or /ˈhʌndeɪ/ HUN-day
• /ˈhjʌndaɪ/ HYUN-dy or /ˈhʌndaɪ/ HUN-dy
• /haɪˈuːndaɪ/ hy-OON-dy or /hiˈuːndaɪ/ hee-OON-dy
• /hiˈʌndeɪ/ hee-UN-day.

The closest English pronunciation to the original Korean would be /ˈhjʌndɛ/ HYUN-deh, but the final vowel is checked and cannot occur word-final in English.