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Unread 02/26/2015, 02:21 PM   #1
FraggledRock
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Tunze

Is it pronounced:

Ton-Zay

or

Toons

the BRS guy says

TOONs

I say Ton-Zay...


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Unread 02/26/2015, 02:26 PM   #2
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Since it's German I feel competent to answer that:

Toon-tsay would be pretty close I guess to the original pronunciation, but I heard Mr Tunze introduce himself in English as Mr Tunzee, so I guess they are fine with both.


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Unread 02/26/2015, 02:26 PM   #3
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Kind of funny, I am in the hobby all alone other than RC, so when I meet someone and they talk reef, they pronounce things different than how I pronounce them in my head. I probably sound dumb when I'm pronouncing detritus, and everything else wrong. Doesn't bother me though.


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Originally Posted by devastator007 View Post
Kind of funny, I am in the hobby all alone other than RC, so when I meet someone and they talk reef, they pronounce things different than how I pronounce them in my head. I probably sound dumb when I'm pronouncing detritus, and everything else wrong. Doesn't bother me though.
the girl at a well known NYC LFS keeps correcting me when i say

Deh-TRY-Tus

she says

detrih-dis

out loud to correct me.

i acknowledge her doing it, so im like

"yea, The-Try-Tisss"


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Oh and since we are talking about German names: it's Porsch-ay not Porsch


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Unread 02/26/2015, 02:33 PM   #6
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Deh-TRY-Tus
I say it the same way, so it must be correct. ^^


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Unread 02/26/2015, 02:34 PM   #7
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Oh and since we are talking about German names: it's Porsch-ay not Porsch
wait wait wait


its Poor-Shuh

I always mimic the sound exhausts make to name the car.

like honda is actually

mreeemremremremrmmeeeee

not honda.

mustangs are

GRUNDDUDNUDNDUDD

not Ford =P


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