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If it's pronounced this way, why is it written that way?

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Dilbertian · 06/06/2025 22:27

I've just watched an advertisement for Hyundai. If Hyundai is pronounced Shinday, why isn't it written Shinday?

I don't mean words like Ikea, where the same letters have different sounds in different languages. If a word is being transliterated from a non-Latin alphabet, why not use letters that have those values? HY is not generally proncounced SH.

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Paperumbrella · 07/06/2025 23:27

Calmdownpeople · 07/06/2025 21:13

How ridiculous. It’s an American company and can be pronounced both ways and Americans pronounce is Mc. So no, You are pronouncing it wrong.

You really love MacDonald’s eh?

RitaIncognita · 08/06/2025 03:54

Calmdownpeople · 07/06/2025 11:03

It’s English as in the language, not from England. I am pronouncing it Mc as the Americans do as it’s an American company (minus the unnecessary swearing). And no it isn’t the same and yea I have Mc in my family as a name.

Yes, and in the US its nickname is Mickey D's, not Maccy's as it is in the UK.

LogicalBlodge · 08/06/2025 06:06

My Hyunadi has a name 😂

BeNiceWhenItsFinished · 08/06/2025 10:33

Bigearringsbigsmile · 07/06/2025 10:18

How else would you say it?

Properly. The way they say it round here is like Towie/Estuary gone mad. And it isn't local dialect, we aren't in Essex.

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