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What is it? Subaru or Suburu? How is it said?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:04 am
by DXrollin
It really annoys me when you hear people sayin Suburu, like the aussies do (no offence 2 aussies) and in some cases NZrs. The spelling shows clearly the suBAru as in Ba like a sheep! SU BA RU is how the japenese say it and they are the ones who made the dam car! So thats settled as far as im concerned.

What do you think?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:32 am
by D ToX
subaru just sounds betta :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:33 am
by Distrb
well ask any mitsi owner/fan and they'll tell you its SLOWBARU :lol:

But i guess its got a lil bit to do with which culture you come from and how you pronounce your vowels.

I always said it like the japanese pronounce it, coz thats how i heard it first

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:56 am
by Roush
*sigh*

NZ'ers actually say SA BA RU and the rest of the world or whoever says SOO BOO RU actually pronouce it SOO BA RU. if you say both ways slowly to yourself, you'll understand why.

So to conclude, we actually pronouce it incorrect as well, SA BA RU sounds better but its rong, like how we say Rome, but the actual name of the city is Roma, but it depends on where you're from, and every accent and pronounciation will be different in every country.

you say potatoe, i say potartoe, whatever :roll: :D

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:03 pm
by Distrb
cargzm wrote:
you say potatoe, i say potartoe, whatever :roll: :D


another intersting one is this............

YOGHURT ...........mmmmmm fresh and fruity :D

anyhow, i pronounce it like YOG-ERT where as just about every one i know says YOE-GERT. people say its coz im british, and frankly i'd agree with them

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:20 pm
by Jools
anyhow, i pronounce it like YOG-ERT where as just about every one i know says YOE-GERT. people say its coz im british, and frankly i'd agree with them


I know eh...my parents are britts (its not their fault :) ) so I say auction as ORC-TION and not the stoopid kiwi way of OC-TION. Basically cause you dont pronounce auckland as OC-LAND :x


Oh and SA-BA-RU is completely wrong but thats the way they used to say it on telly, so im stuck saying it :?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:24 pm
by skoty
Distrb wrote:SLOWBARU :lol:



Yup, that's how you say it :lol: :wink:

PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:37 pm
by Banga69
What about [/b]Tomatoes[b]

To-May_Toes and To-Mar-Toes

PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 12:28 am
by B1NZ
i say yo-gert!!

And i sat toe mar toes :P

PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 1:34 pm
by DXrollin
Distrb wrote:well ask any mitsi owner/fan and they'll tell you its SLOWBARU :lol:


oh come on now we dont need that sorta talk :D

PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 3:01 pm
by Pies
FUSH FUSH FUSH FUSH!!!!!!

Image

PostPosted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:27 pm
by Undertow
Oh my god! It's a Sharkticon!!

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I only just started learning Japanese. And don't give me shit cos I already know I'm a dick.

It's pronounced SU-BA-RU.

TO-YO-TA
HO-N-DA
NI-SA-N
SU-ZU-KI
MI-TSU-BI-SHI

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:02 pm
by AngelTwin
:lol: haha, looks like there should be more options!!!

*su-baa-ru
*sa-ba-ru
*su-buu-ru

:lol:

When I look at all these break downs I can't figure out which one I more sound like!! :?

I've picked Subaru, coz Suburu sounds silly and I know I say it with the 'a'. But I can't figure out now if I say it as "soo-baa-ru" or "sa-baa-ru"? :? :? :?

ahhhhh, waaay too much thinking!! :(

PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:23 pm
by Toy Gurl
i took japanese for 3 years at school
its pronounces subaru, i could even write it in japanese if there was a translater thingey

PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:19 am
by Undertow
すは"る

That's my 2 Yen.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:40 am
by strap-on
dont the poms call it the suburu impretsa? haha u hear it on teh rally comentry all the time

PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:31 pm
by celica_xr9145
strap-on wrote:dont the poms call it the suburu impretsa? haha u hear it on teh rally comentry all the time


Just searchin through old posts and found this, in england, we nickname them 'scoobys' ;)

PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:56 pm
by GTTpower
8O holy epic thread excavation!

PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:25 pm
by Alex B
LOL how many people there still post. One I like is the americans with Celica, seem to call them sell-a-car

PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:28 pm
by FXGTV
2003! Yikes! Subaru backwards is ur a bus