Pronunciation of tuner companies' names.

[Saskatchewan17]

I thought this would be an interesting idea for a thread... I've always wondered how to pronounce some of the more 'exotic' parts companies' names. You see them all the time on the internet and on paper, but only at meets and such do you hear them really pronounced and that is only so often for some of us. Tanabe, Megan, Tein... there are many more, but I've heard some pretty wild pronunciations of companies like this. Wierdest probably being a forum member saying greedy for GReddy.

Here's how I pronounce some of them:

Tanabe - Tan-uh-bee (I've heard Tuh-na-bee as well)

Megan - Meh-ghan (Also heard Mee-gin and just Megan [like the name])

Tein - Tine (Heard 'teen' too)

A'PEXI - Uh-pecs-ee

Konig - Koh-nig

Tial - Tye-uhl

Eibach - Eye-Bach/bock

Nitto - Nit-oh (I've heard Nee-toe)

And the same goes for mechanical terms... I've heard some wierd ones for that as well:

TMIC/FMIC - I spell it out or say everything (or just 'top mount/front mount')... but I've heard a select few just say t-mick.

Camber - Cam-burr (I've heard a lot of Caym-burr).

CBE/DP/MP/TP - I'll usually just say them; I.E: Cat-back, down pipe... ect.


So, how do you pronounce these companies and terms? Be sure to include more that I left out (I left out a lot of obvious [at least to me] ones).

 

[justanothermp5]

technically konig is the german word for king so it would be pronounced differently...but i still say it the way u posted being half german haha

and ill post up some that i have no idea how to pronounce

wiseco- ? ( i say weh-sec-o, ive heard people say wise-co so i have no idea)
enkei- ? (people say en-key, i say enk-eye..not sure which)

 

[J_Naoto]

wiseco, i say wise-co.
tein = tane
5zigen = gou-zigen

(dunno)

 

[EvilJen]

Maybe capitalize the syllables that are emphasized?

Like, Tanabe - is it TAN-uh-bee or Ta-NAH-bee?

 

[Saskatchewan17]

I say

Tanabe - tan-UH-bee

Wiseco - Wise-ih-co

Enkei - En-key

5zigen - Five-Zih-gen

 

[blue-sun]

5zigen - Five-Zih-gen

n00b!

 

[Saskatchewan17]

Oooo... I've got another

RE Amemyia - R-E-ah-meh-mia

 

[blue-sun]

TRD is not turd too.

 

[Safe Zone Msp]

I think tein is said like pain with a t
Tanabe is like tah nah bay, my reasoning for that is japanese pronunciation of be is usually "bay" like kobe.
Apexi I just call them "apex". Like ape-x
Mishimoto - mish e moe toe
Koni, just like coney
Konig, co - nig
Fidanza, fih dan zah
Koyo, coy-o
Greddy, greedy (only out of habit, i would say gready if i were talking about them seriously)
Im not sure what else there is right now, im still waking up.

As far as parts go, I don't abbreviate that s*** when it comes to actually talking about it, its just laziness

Thad.