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03-03-2005, 09:50 PM
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My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 |  How is Prius pronounced? My brother in the exurbs of Seattle received on of the very first locally delivered 2004 Prius in that area, taught me to say: prEEus The service manager at the local shop says: prEYEoos Now, is it correct to pronounce the "i" as an "e" as is done in Spanish, Italian and (I guess) maybe Latin? What have you heard? |
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03-04-2005, 12:22 AM
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My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Re: How is Prius pronounced? Quote:
Your service manager must be Norwegian. Is his name Sven? Does he say "Uff-dah" frequently? See? There you have it. | |
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03-04-2005, 12:39 AM
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(I like Bluegrass but positively dispise what passes for country music for nearly three decades or so. In fact, the only thing on worthwhile is the Public Radio blues, classical and the "best of" 70/80's stations.) | ||
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03-04-2005, 12:59 AM
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 10 | I've heard both. Pr-eye-us from those who haven't heard of it pronounced before, Pree-us for those who have. Frankly I thought it was pr-eye-us before I heard auto journalists say it. Same with So-lare-ra or So-la-ra |
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03-04-2005, 09:40 AM
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My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #8 Nominated 26 Times in 8 Posts  TOTM Awards: 1Friends: 23 | Re: How is Prius pronounced? Quote:
And Prius is "Pree-us
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03-04-2005, 10:28 AM
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0    Friends: 13 | Quote:
*) "PrEEus" *) "PrEYEus" *) "What IS that?" *) "Where DO you plug it in?" *) "HOW much?" *) "YOU'RE driving." *) "It's a FAD." | |
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