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

DXrollin · Post by **DXrollin** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:04 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.

What do you think?

D ToX · Post by **D ToX** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:32 am

subaru just sounds betta :lol:

Post by **Distrb** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:33 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

Roush · Post by **Roush** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:56 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:

Post by **Distrb** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:03 am

cargzm wrote:
you say potatoe, i say potartoe, whatever

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

YOGHURT ...........mmmmmm fresh and fruity

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

Jools · Post by **Jools** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:20 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

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

skoty · Post by **skoty** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:24 pm

Distrb wrote:SLOWBARU

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

Banga69 · Post by **Banga69** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:37 pm

What about [/b]Tomatoes[b]

To-May_Toes and To-Mar-Toes

B1NZ · Post by **B1NZ** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:28 pm

i say yo-gert!!

And i sat toe mar toes

DXrollin · Post by **DXrollin** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 12:34 pm

Distrb wrote:well ask any mitsi owner/fan and they'll tell you its SLOWBARU

oh come on now we dont need that sorta talk

Pies · Post by **Pies** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 2:01 pm

FUSH FUSH FUSH FUSH!!!!!!

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 8:27 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.

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

AngelTwin · Post by **AngelTwin** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:02 pm

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!!

Toy Gurl · Post by **Toy Gurl** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:23 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

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:19 am

すは"る

That's my 2 Yen.

strap-on · Post by **strap-on** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:40 am

dont the poms call it the suburu impretsa? haha u hear it on teh rally comentry all the time

celica_xr9145 · Post by **celica_xr9145** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:31 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'

GTTpower · Post by **GTTpower** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:56 pm

holy epic thread excavation!

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:25 pm

LOL how many people there still post. One I like is the americans with Celica, seem to call them sell-a-car

FXGTV · Post by **FXGTV** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:28 pm

2003! Yikes! Subaru backwards is ur a bus