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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I still have no idea how to pronounce Hyundai.

Hee-un-dai?

Hi-un-dai?

Hunt-dai?

Hu-in-dai?

Hin-dai?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Hi-yun-dai is what I've always said, but I've heard that Hyoon-dai is more "official".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's Hyundai, like Sunday according to their Super Bowl ad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I usually pronounce it "hun-dai" or "off-brand honda"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

We say “Yan-dai”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The name of the company is the Korean word for "Modernity". It is pronounced like "Yun" with an "H" in front of it. Or "Hun", but with the "Y" from "Yum" after the H.

To the best of my knowledge, there's no English word or phrase that uses this combination. "He Yawn Day" is pretty close, but slur the first two words together into a single syllable, and make it rhyme with "Sunday"

The wikipedia page for Hyundai has a recording of the correct pronunciation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Were it korean, it would probably be Hyun-dai.