Hyundai pronunciation

So one area dealer just started selling Hyundai, and they have radio comercials for it. The woman on the radio kept prononcing it Hon-Day.

I thought butchering the pronunciation of Hyundai went out of style 15 years ago...

/rant

I thought it was Hon Duh...oh wait, wrong company.

Some of Hyundai's more recent commercials used to say, "It's pronounced Hun-Day, like Sunday."

MrBenjamonkey, since you're in South Korea, what's the KDM pronunciation for the crooked H brand?

Heard a hyundai ad on a german radio station (I have quirks) - they pronounce it yoon dye

Hun Day

It is pronounced High-and-dry.

Cause that is where they (used to) leave you!

93gsxturbo wrote: Hun Day

X2. If I'm feeling rebellious, I might throw a bit of yuh in after the H. Just to irk people, you know. A friend of mine still calls them low-end-ays.

And Toyotas are Sell-EE-ka, not Sell-i-ka.

There. That should start another regional war. My job here is done.

I thought it was pronounced Key-ah . . . . Same parent company.

When I was in Korea I always heard it pronounced hoon-dye or even oon-dye. Hyundai America Corp. seems to call it whatever they think Americans are most likely to accept.

My general manager at a previous employer (Tier 1 supplier to Hyundai and otehrs) insisted upon calling it "Hi-un-di-eye" - he was an idiot.

I always pronounce it like Sunday, but that's because a local dealer (Bill Munday) ran ads for a long time that said, "Buy a Hyundai, from Munday on Sunday!!"

-Rob

When I was sponsored by Hyundai, they all pronounced it Hi un die That was in the 90's. I think it's kind of morphed into Hunday, or Hundie now.

I either use the 2 syllable Hun-day, or the 2.5 syllable He-un-day. I do like the top gear version though - high-un-die

I pronounce it "Hyoon-die" because there's a bloody 'y' in it and my little amount of Japanese taught me to pronounce "ai" after a consonant as a long 'i' sound.

ReverendDexter wrote: I pronounce it "Hyoon-die" because there's a bloody 'y' in it and my little amount of Japanese taught me to pronounce "ai" after a consonant as a long 'i' sound.

But for me, I place a greater accent on the "die" part. Because there is only one place for them to be.....

I clicked on this thread thinking I'd finally have an answer as to this question, and now I'm more confused than ever. Thanks guys.

Wikipedia says it's pronounced "Hyon-dae", so there's another opinion.

Datsun

From the corporate level (when I worked there) the correct HMA pronunciation was "Hunday like Sunday". Anything else and the Koreans thought we were butchering it.

Bobzilla wrote: From the corporate level (when I worked there) the correct HMA pronunciation was "Hunday like Sunday". Anything else and the Koreans thought we were butchering it.

The Brits probably think we butcher jaguar and the Germans think we butch BMW...

Joey

Our local dealer says "HON-day" too. I swear he's trying to confuse the casual shopper into thinking they sell Accords.

I prefer the "like Sunday" pronunciation.

How ever you say it the glass is notoriously soft and being in window tint I am very careful using an Olfa knife on the glass .

I know this- don't count on the local dealer ads to be right. We have a guy in Denver who sells "Mish-a-bishie" cars.

Our local dealer pronounces them a LOT like Honda. To the point where I think it's on purpose.

In reply to pinchvalve:

This is true. I've eaten Kim chee since I was 3. Take my word for it