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

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

Postby DXrollin » Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:04 am

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.

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Postby D ToX » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:32 am

subaru just sounds betta :lol:
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Postby Distrb » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:33 am

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
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Postby Roush » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:56 am

*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
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Postby Distrb » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:03 pm

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
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Postby Jools » Wed Jul 02, 2003 1:20 pm

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 :?
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Postby skoty » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:24 pm

Distrb wrote:SLOWBARU :lol:



Yup, that's how you say it :lol: :wink:
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Postby Banga69 » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:37 pm

What about [/b]Tomatoes[b]

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Postby B1NZ » Sat Jul 05, 2003 12:28 am

i say yo-gert!!

And i sat toe mar toes :P
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Postby DXrollin » Sat Jul 05, 2003 1:34 pm

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
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Postby Pies » Sat Jul 05, 2003 3:01 pm

FUSH FUSH FUSH FUSH!!!!!!

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Postby Undertow » Sat Jul 05, 2003 9:27 pm

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.

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Postby AngelTwin » Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:02 pm

:lol: haha, looks like there should be more options!!!

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

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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!! :(
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Postby Toy Gurl » Tue Jul 08, 2003 6:23 pm

i took japanese for 3 years at school
its pronounces subaru, i could even write it in japanese if there was a translater thingey
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Postby Undertow » Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:19 am

すは"る

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Postby strap-on » Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:40 am

dont the poms call it the suburu impretsa? haha u hear it on teh rally comentry all the time
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Postby celica_xr9145 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:31 pm

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' ;)
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Postby GTTpower » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:56 pm

8O holy epic thread excavation!
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Postby Alex B » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:25 pm

LOL how many people there still post. One I like is the americans with Celica, seem to call them sell-a-car
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Postby FXGTV » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:28 pm

2003! Yikes! Subaru backwards is ur a bus
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