Ah, I see the problem... You assume Clarkson speaks English like a Brit... Nah, he's just an overgrown schoolboy with an overinflated sense of his own relevance. He shouts too much, uses the strangest pronunciation ever and is a hazard to other road users. I think the common term is "idiot".
How to Pronounce Lakon?
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Ah, I see the problem... You assume Clarkson speaks English like a Brit... Nah, he's just an overgrown schoolboy with an overinflated sense of his own relevance. He shouts too much, uses the strangest pronunciation ever and is a hazard to other road users. I think the common term is "idiot".
That's actually closer to the original Korean pronunciation ("Hyunday" with the "hyun" as a single syllable) than our "High-un-die". According to this BBC article, their UK HQ staff use two different pronunciations depending on who they're talking to. Commercial interests trump everything, I guess.
For the record I'm a Brit and I drive a Hyundai, and have been pronouncing it closer to "Hyunday" ever since I heard a native Korean do so, in a vain attempt to get others to do the same. Mostly it just gets me strange looks from people, especially garage mechanics.
Good for you. Depending on where you go, maybe on the same trip you'll get to see the inside of an English ambulance and enjoy the hospitality of the NHS.
He just did it ^^^. Him up there. Maybe you misheard him.
He just did it ^^^. Him up there. Maybe you misheard him.
Gah!
Foiled again!
(nice catch)
What? He says Mazda, short A. 20 seconds in. Mazda.
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lol this one always stands out to me too.
i am another Lake-on here.... but that said, regional dialect gives things flavour....
(but that also said, any brit who pronounces the silent c in Schedule needs a kick in the nads (or lady equivalent)
I cant listen to the youtube link, however as a general rule.... Dont judge the brits by anything Jeremy Clarkson either says or does.
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Or the Apple version: iDiot
That's like those people who pronounce Pecan....as PEE-CAN....Really?!?! Everyone knows it's pronounced....Pah-con.
interesting... i never knew there was such a thing about it!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.3b36a1c71bf6
i am definitely a peecan man.
however i believe the answer is here.. sadly my work pc does not have sound.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/pecan
Lay-kon
This.
But don't ask me how to pronounce Gutamaya.
I've just been calling them Guacamole... Lol
Yes. Yes you are, which is why we love you so very, very much.
Although I must confide a strong suspicion that the people of the Commonwealth nations outside Dear Old Blighty collectively, cruelly and deliberately mangle the English language as a sort of ongoing revenge for that whole "colony thing".
But certainly not here in the U.S. of A. (or as we like to call it: God's Country).
After all, we invented the English language, along with hamburgers, frankfurters, French fries (now called "Freedom Fries"), German beer, Dutch apple pie, English muffins, Scotch eggs and pretty much everything else culinary, non-culinary and technological in nature.
Including modesty, of course -- ours naturally being the most modest nation in the universe. But I digress.
The point is... I forget. But what's important is... I forget that, too.
Whatever. It's time anyway for me to go hop in my gas-guzzling oversized American car, pick up some greasy fast food at the local drive-through and cruise around aimlessly brandishing firearms or whatever it is we're supposed to be doing here in America.
Cheers.
Whatever. It's time anyway for me to go hop in my gas-guzzling oversized American car, pick up some greasy fast food at the local drive-through and cruise around aimlessly brandishing firearms or whatever it is we're supposed to be doing here in America.
Cheers.
Keep livin' the dream!
I literally did that on my first trip to Los Angeles.
Rented a Convertible Mustang. Drove aimlessly.
Kept ending up in China town.
Didn't have a gun though.
But I ate all of the fast food. I even tried walking through McDonald's drive thru at 2am, only to be turned down, so I walked back to the hotel (which was like 100 meters away) and got the car, and drove through.
That was a fun holiday. I came back 2 stone heavier. Lol
Which was funny cuz I was 2 stone underweight before.
Ahhh America... I miss you.
I'm stuck in England, where food is half the size and costs twice as much, service is crap, but tips are mandatory.
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Being EU, non English (both UK and US) citizen it was from the start:
Ley-kon.
Ley-kon.
In some parts of the Galaxy the K is silent so its Lay-on like - Crayon but with a Lay
My son watches far too much YouTube... I told him about the E: D beta which was running, and he then told me that it should be pronounced "bay-ta". He has been corrected...
Lay-kon, obviously.
Lay-kon, obviously.
As a general rule, the number of consonents indicates whether the preceeding vowel is long or short - as in English we don't have accents like many other languages.
When a vowel is followed by a single consonent, it has a long sound - ie. Hater, Baker
When a vowel is followed by a double consonent, it has a short sound - ie. Hatter, Platter
So using that logic it would be pronounced Lay-Kon. We do have a lot of exceptions in English but this one seems to be consistent.
When a vowel is followed by a single consonent, it has a long sound - ie. Hater, Baker
When a vowel is followed by a double consonent, it has a short sound - ie. Hatter, Platter
So using that logic it would be pronounced Lay-Kon. We do have a lot of exceptions in English but this one seems to be consistent.
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The reason it is not pronounced "Lah Kon" is in case anybody thinks it is a French confidence trick.