How do you pronounce 'Peugeot' and 'Renault' ?

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A friend of mine from many years ago used to say 'Pyoo-go' and 'Ren-ult'. I've never heard these pronunciations from anybody else. I don't know if his Scottish heritage is significant but he has lived in England for well over forty years.

I say 'Pur-zhoh' and 'Ren-oh', as I think most people do.

Pyou-zho

Ren-alt

They say pyoo-zho in Northern Ireland as well. DH had a Peugeot when we first met and they way he pronounced it confused me greatly. Not sure about Renault.

I pronounce how you and other posters have said.

40 odd years ago my Grandad insisted it was Poo-Ghee-Ot..we sometimes say this when joking aound

Perzhjo

Renno

My mil says pew- Joh.
Also h you mus for hummus
Nugget for nougat
Hal-el- lool- ya for hallelujah

She’s great fun

”Nugget for nougat”

I was brought up pronouncing it that way. Still can’t bring myself to pronounce it noo-gah, as it feels pretentious to me, so I just avoid saying it.

My step dad says Pew Jo. Think he may say Ren-alt too. I just assumed it's because he's dislexic.

Pur-jo and ren-o

Never heard them pronounced any other way

With a Scottish accent, you can't just stick an "r" into a word without completely changing it. It isn't so much anglicising it, but that the French "peu" is closer to p-zyou in a Scottish accent than per. It's only near per if you don't say your Rs.

Wren-oh
Pyoo-jhoe
If that makes sense

Pewzho and Renoh

Purz-jo and ren-o

Although i renember being in the car with my family as a child and my brother talking about cars and discussing he makes and saying citreon were french like peugeot and renault (we had a citreon at the time) and another relative pipped up "yeah theres another french make PEA-GOT" to which we all we questioned it and the relative went yeah how do you say "peugeot" when their mum had to explain ig was indeed purz-jo as my brother had just said

Per-zso
Renno

Local FB page is full of pictures of poor parking in supermarket car parks. There then follows a pile on from two sides, those who agree with the poster and those who don't.

The other day someone had posted a photo of poor parking and described it as being typical of a "perjoe" driver! It's the only time I've seen unanimous replies, every single one laughing about the use of "perjoe" rather than the poor parking in the photo!

Pew Joe and ren no. Scottish here.

Pur-jo and Ren-o

Here in Norn Iron people say pyoo-jot and ren-ult. also pree mark- but that's a whole other thread!

Per-sho
Ren-oh

I say it same as you OP. DH says "ren-olt" and pronounces Nestle (as in good brand) as "nes-uls" As does everyone in the town he's from. Makes me wanna scream!

*Pur-jo and ren-o

Never heard them pronounced any other way*

This! I have never heard anyone say some of these pronounciations! What is pyoo? How does that sound?

Glasgow here and it’s Poooo-joe and Ren-oooo

Drives me mad as I lived down South for years and it’s Per-zho to me (pronounce it like the French do)

People in Scotland tend to say Peugeot differently, from my experience of working with vehicles. They say pewjo instead of perjo.

They also often say jai for J.

I've lived in Scotland for many years but am English, and starting to regret recently buying a Peugeot for this very reason. I say 'purr-zho' and anything else seems like madness, but my husband says 'pee-u-zho'. We knew this already, and thought it was a funny thing to have a laugh disagreeing about, but every time I speak to the garage I now find myself gritting my teeth and saying it the 'Scottish' way because otherwise I feel like I'm a pretentious twat trying to correct them

FYI straw poll at my work found an even split between Scots/English heritage and how they pronounced it.

My husband and I also argue about diplodocus...

Per-zhoh
Renn-oh

I know someone who says Pej-oh for Peugeot and it makes me wince.