How do you pronounce Mazda?

[7eregrine]

I've heard some folks, particularly people who work for Mazda says diffently then I do. I say: Mahz-da. The A Being more of an ah sound. I keep hearing other people say it like...hard to describe exactly. I think a good example is like the MA in MATCH. MA-zda.

 

[Aznbagel]

I've heard some folks, particularly people who work for Mazda says diffently then I do. I say: Mahz-da. The A Being more of an ah sound. I keep hearing other people say it like...hard to describe exactly. I think a good example is like the MA in MATCH. MA-zda.

I pronounce it Mazda.

 

[Chris_Top_Her]

Matsuda is the correct phonetic.. I say mahzduh.

 

[ceric]

Chris is correct.
Ma-tsu-da is closest to Japanese pronunciation.
The company changed the English spelling to Mazda to make it simpler and maybe for other reasons.

 

[ColoradoDriver]

Also pronounce it like: Mahzduh

 

[Buzzman12]

I pronounce both A's in Mazda like in the word Match.

 

[Aznbagel]

I pronounce both A's in Mazda like in the word Match.

Oh so you're one of those people.

 

[Buzzman12]

Oh so you're one of those people.

Canadian eh.

 

[Xeler8ing]

I've heard some folks, particularly people who work for Mazda says diffently then I do. I say: Mahz-da. The A Being more of an ah sound. I keep hearing other people say it like...hard to describe exactly. I think a good example is like the MA in MATCH. MA-zda.

Australian's say it this way - no ah sound

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[GJ-Molestor]

COrrect way is Matsuda

 

[Xeler8ing]

COrrect way is Matsuda

Probably in Japan but elsewhere er not really

 

[edbern]

As long as we are doing videos, here’s one from Mazda USA. Definitely mahz-duh.

 

[Xeler8ing]

All depends on the country.

Nissan:

We say Nissen, USA say Nee-sun

 

[edbern]

Funny thing is, when as Australian says it the Aussie way, it sounds fine. If someone in US says it that way, you kinda wanna slug him.

 

[Xeler8ing]

Funny thing is, when as Australian says it the Aussie way, it sounds fine. If someone in US says it that way, you kinda wanna slug him.

(lol) (rofl)

 

[Aznbagel]

All depends on the country.

Nissan:

We say Nissen, USA say Nee-sun

I say nees-on.

 

[Xeler8ing]

I say nees-on.

Pretty much the same as Nee-sun in pronunciation

 

[151614]

The Japanese pronunciation of Ma is to say the “a” like the u is pronounced in the word “Mutt”. So its a short a. Like “up”. (Not to be confused with the Pommy “ooop” LOL!)

So really the Aussie way we say Mazda, with a strong A sound, is really not the correct Japanese pronunciation.

I disagree on the Matsuda pronunciation/spelling suggested by some.

The Japanese language does have Z sound and it is Zu, (which is the “su” sound with an “ added. This sound is frequently spoken in Japanese shortened to zz. This is the Japanese hiragana symbol for zu: ず

So the Japanese simply simply say Mazda or with a slight addition of the u as Mazuda. Phonetically, in Japanese, that is actually the correct pronunciation.

 

[Xeler8ing]

Who really cares about pronunciation. Let's just all agree we love Mazda!

 

[Nelson de Leon]

Maybe MA-ZI-DA.