Who the hell DOES this?

[TheIntrepid]

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/mercedes/0/82679403-d511-4976-b2dc-9881000a892c.htm

Who the hell does this? I know Wimmer's going to cry. This guy shouldn't be allowed to drive a Benz.

[the Teuton]

The Mercedes lost the battle, but it doesn't have a blown radiator either.

[GoCougs]

Sure-fire way to blow out a transfer case.

[the Teuton]

And fry your clutch in the case of the Ford...

[pommes-t]

Gotta love how this guy says: "Mrrrseydies"

Did he say: "She's fuckin steamin like a cocksucker"? WTF??

GOddamn rednecks. Wimmer won't cry, because it's such a crappy detuned US 560 one... Anyways: I would have expected it would be a matter of grip so that the F150 would win clearly...

[TheIntrepid]

Gotta love how this guy says: "Mrrrseydies"

How do you guys say it?

I say MER "like in "girl" --CE as in "say" -- DEES like "bees"

[pommes-t]

How do you guys say it?

I say MER "like in "girl" --CE as in "say" -- DEES like "bees"

difficult question....

Mer (like "yeah) ze (like "ts and then like Spanish "que") des (like yes)...

I am a bad online german pronounciation teacher.... 

[ifcar]

difficult question....

Mer (like "yeah) ze (like "ts and then like Spanish "que") des (like yes)...

I am a bad online german pronounciation teacher.... 

Meh-TZAY-dess?

[pommes-t]

Meh-TZAY-dess?

hmmm.... I don't know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzcPpYkXp0

Right at the beginning the speaker says "Basis der sicheren Fahreigenschaften von Mercedes Benz..."
There you can hear it... 

[93JC]

I always thought it was something like 'mair-say-days bents'. Or, at least, that's how 'Mercedes' is pronounced in the original Spanish.

At least it's reasonably close to English. Unlike, say, VW. To us it's 'vee-double-you', whereas in German it's... 'fow-vay'?

[pommes-t]

I always thought it was something like 'mair-say-days bents'. Or, at least, that's how 'Mercedes' is pronounced in the original Spanish.

At least it's reasonably close to English. Unlike, say, VW. To us it's 'vee-double-you', whereas in German it's... 'fow-vay'?

The Spanish Mercedes pronouncation (where the name is, as you say is originally from) is differently again I think. The r should be rolled, the c should be like in english, but the rest should be pretty german like IMO.

And yep, we say "Fow-vay" 

[850CSi]

The Spanish Mercedes pronouncation (where the name is, as you say is originally from) is differently again I think. The r should be rolled, the c should be like in english, but the rest should be pretty german like IMO.

The 'c' in castillian Spanish (considered to be the most proper) is actually like an english 'th' in 'throw' whenever there's an 'i' or 'e' after it.

[850CSi]

How do you guys say it?

I say MER "like in "girl" --CE as in "say" -- DEES like "bees"

That's how I say it.

[850CSi]

To us it's 'vee-double-you', whereas in German it's... 'fow-vay'?

I think it would be weird in Spanish...

Beh-doblay-beh? 

[93JC]

I still have trouble pronouncing Volkswagen 'properly'. To most anglophones it's 'vohks-wag-on' (indeed, lots of people spell it Volkswagon), but I know it's supposed to be 'folks-vahg-en'.  Pronouncing that 'l' is especially difficult, since the 'l's in every word in English with 'olk' or 'alk' in it are silent (i.e. you don't pronounce the 'l's in talk, walk, folk, etc.).

[93JC]

I think it would be weird in Spanish...

Beh-doblay-beh??

Depends on the regional variety of Spanish. Some make more of a distinction between 'b' and 'v', some don't, and there are lots of names for both 'v' and 'w'.

'w' in particular has many names. 'doble v', 'v doble', 'doble u', 'u doble', etc.

In French it would be 'vay-doo-bluh-vay'.

[giant_mtb]

Stupid ricer...look at that ghastly exhaust pipe and those sweet rimz! 

[TheIntrepid]

Stupid ricer...look at that ghastly exhaust pipe and those sweet rimz! 

It's a 'Renntech'... or so he claims on Facebook.

[Raza]

I still have trouble pronouncing Volkswagen 'properly'. To most anglophones it's 'vohks-wag-on' (indeed, lots of people spell it Volkswagon), but I know it's supposed to be 'folks-vahg-en'.  Pronouncing that 'l' is especially difficult, since the 'l's in every word in English with 'olk' or 'alk' in it are silent (i.e. you don't pronounce the 'l's in talk, walk, folk, etc.).

I pronounce it the American way:  "Volks" with a vuh sound and it rhymes "folks" and then I say wagon.  Sometimes, for kicks, I say "folks-vahg-en".  I also vary with Porsche, saying both "Porsh" and "Porsh uh".  Usually I say the latter when I say something after it (like Boxster, 911, et al), but if I'm just saying Porsche I usually say the former.

[850CSi]

I always say Porsh uh

[Raza]

I always say Porsh uh

Old habits.

[the Teuton]

What would have happened if the Mercedes has a better set of tires on it?

[SVT_Power]

Probably win?

[BimmerM3]

I always say Porsh uh

My favorite t-shirt says "Porsche is a two-syllable word" on the back.

[ro51092]

I always say Porsh uh

Me too

[Colonel Cadillac]

I usually stick to Raza's way of saying Porsche. Too few people actually know the "uh" to make me really care.

[Raza]

I usually stick to Raza's way of saying Porsche. Too few people actually know the "uh" to make me really care.

Like I said, I say both.  Depends on what comes after it.  Like "the" and "the(e)".

[Soup DeVille]

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/mercedes/0/82679403-d511-4976-b2dc-9881000a892c.htm

Who the hell does this? I know Wimmer's going to cry. This guy shouldn't be allowed to drive a Benz.

My Caddy could take that Benz...

[the Teuton]

It's like anything in German.  Once you start learning the language it becomes harder not to pronounce it like the German Gods wanted you to.  Braun should be pronounced "brown," not "brawn." There are no silent Es in German and everything is pronounced like it is spelled unless the word wasn't originally German.

[ro51092]

Damn rednecks.....