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Ford Taurus, how do you say it?
#18950591 - 10/08/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Roomie and I are having another debate about how you say things because he is from some asshole place in Pennsylvania and I am from Georgia but live in New Jersey. We have had many debates about how you pronounce words
I decided to make a poll to settle shit bullshit.
EDIT: TOUR-iss is the same thing as TORE-iss the way I see it.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Gumby]
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The "au" in that word definitely makes the pronunciation 'Tour-iss'
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#18950624 - 10/08/13 05:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tour-oos or Tour-rus.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Legend] 4
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like the fucking bull constellation what in the actual fuck.
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#18950645 - 10/08/13 05:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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tore us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: AWS] 2
#18950670 - 10/08/13 05:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tore us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: AWS]
#18950672 - 10/08/13 05:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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tore ass... its a mardi gras on wheels
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You get your ass torn at mardi gras?
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: AWS] 1
#18950698 - 10/08/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I say it Ford Tore-Iss(like a snake)
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: AWS]
#18950734 - 10/08/13 05:41 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MystiqueMushroom said: I say it Ford Tore-Iss(like a snake)
Dat PNW accent
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: NWlight]
#18950807 - 10/08/13 06:01 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Torris? What? Where does the i come from?
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uh i don't say it either way. i say it tor-us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: teamkiller] 3
#18950921 - 10/08/13 06:21 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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"Johnny really tore us a new asshole last night! "
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: NWlight]
#18950933 - 10/08/13 06:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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NWlight said:
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MystiqueMushroom said: I say it Ford Tore-Iss(like a snake)
Dat PNW accent 
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I'm from Georgia too and I've always said Tar-us. Tar. And us. What the fuck is a tour iss?
I also say taurii a lot when I am driving my taurus and pull up next to another one. Its a group of taurii!
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951126 - 10/08/13 06:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nobody said tour iss
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Dude look the options in his poll. The first choice is "TOUR-iss".
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Tour-iss reminds me of the word Tour. Like Too-err
I say tore-iss
The word "route" sparks a good debate, too IME
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pcplease]
#18951153 - 10/08/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tour-iss
The great debate rages on.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951154 - 10/08/13 07:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It is pronouced like this
Tow - As in tow truck
Rus - as in Uterus
Tow-Rus
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951160 - 10/08/13 07:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: Dude look the options in his poll. The first choice is "TOUR-iss".
I stand corrected, but it doesn't matter I just called webster and they said it is 100% pronounced tore-iss.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951164 - 10/08/13 07:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Enjoywho]
#18951179 - 10/08/13 07:07 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Enjoywho said: A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.

French has latin pronouciations.
"au" in french in pronounced "o" and "rus" is pronouced like the rus in the english word "Uterus".
It is what it is...
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Quote:
MystiqueMushroom said:
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Ballerium said: Dude look the options in his poll. The first choice is "TOUR-iss".
I stand corrected, but it doesn't matter I just called webster and they said it is 100% pronounced tore-iss.
Well they're wrong.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951191 - 10/08/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Patlal said:
Quote:
Enjoywho said: A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.

French has latin pronouciations.
"au" in french in pronounced "o" and "rus" is pronouced like the rus in the english word "Uterus".
It is what it is...
EDIT: Or Spaticus
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951200 - 10/08/13 07:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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ford torus clit torus
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18951218 - 10/08/13 07:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tow-russ isn't dissimilar from tore-us IMO  Pardon the double-negative
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Quote:
MystiqueMushroom said: I say it Ford Tore-Iss(like a snake)
Exactly.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pwnasaurus]
#18951258 - 10/08/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i say "rout" not "root"
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pcplease]
#18951272 - 10/08/13 07:21 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Torus. Never heard either pronunciation from the OP. Some people seriously say it like "tourist" without the final t? What the fuck. Where do you get an "oo" sound from "au"?
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: teamkiller]
#18951286 - 10/08/13 07:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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teamkiller said: i say "rout" not "root"
Apparently I switch it up. Never realized I did until someone pointed out I just said "root" and asked if I normally pronounced it that way.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: LoveYourLife]
#18951312 - 10/08/13 07:29 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I bought a 1989 Ford Taurus for 250$ and tripped acid in it twice, (I wasnt driving) therefore I can confidently tell you that it is pronounced Tore-Us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium] 2
#18951415 - 10/08/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Gumby said: I am from Georgia
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Ballerium said: I'm from Georgia too and I've always said Tar-us. Tar. And us. What the fuck is a tour iss?
It's definitely pronounced "tar-us" by most folks in GA. The poll asked, "How do you pronounce Ford Taurus?" so I voted tar-iss, but the correct pronunciation would be \ˈtȯr-əs\
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I also say taurii a lot when I am driving my taurus and pull up next to another one. Its a group of taurii!
My Latin is rusty but I'm pretty sure you want tauri, not taurii, as the nominative plural form of taurus. The example you provided wouldn't be nominative case, but it's sort of acceptable to use nominative case for Latin nouns in English sentences most of the time.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime] 1
#18951736 - 10/08/13 08:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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i say straight fucking junk..
they aint even worth this conversation.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime]
#18951788 - 10/08/13 09:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MorphinTime said: My Latin is rusty but I'm pretty sure you want tauri, not taurii, as the nominative plural form of taurus. The example you provided wouldn't be nominative case, but it's sort of acceptable to use nominative case for Latin nouns in English sentences most of the time.
You're right, and I'm not exactly sure why I even put two i's. It doesn't make much sense at all now that I think about it, and think about other words that end in -us. Fungus. Fungi. Octopus. Ocotopi. I dunno, I guess my brain thought taurii looked better than tauri.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951866 - 10/08/13 09:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tar us
I think
I don't fucking know
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Everlong]
#18951884 - 10/08/13 09:24 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I always like seeing two i's in a row, like Hawaii Dunno why. Probably my subconscious thinking "nipples -> boobs"
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: pcplease]
#18951894 - 10/08/13 09:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tore-ass, is about correct..
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: teamkiller]
#18951913 - 10/08/13 09:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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AWS said: tore us
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VivaLaMushie said: Tore us
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teamkiller said: uh i don't say it either way. i say it tor-us
Fucking seriously. Who the fuck says Tar-is, or Tour-is?
TOUR-is?
How does one even derive that from t-a-u-r-u-s?

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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: CidneyIndole]
#18951938 - 10/08/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think its kinda funny that you're picking on tour-is, yet you pronounce it tore-us. There's no O in the word at all so how are you guys getting an O sound out of taur, that has an A in it? Shouldn't it be tahr, rather than tohr or tour?
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: VivaLaMushie]
#18951965 - 10/08/13 09:46 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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AWS said: tore us
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VivaLaMushie said: Tore us
I didn't read the whole thread, but that's how I say it.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18951982 - 10/08/13 09:50 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime]
#18952007 - 10/08/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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FORD = Found on road dead (or: Fix or repair daily) HONDA = Had one! Never drive another! SAAB = Sorry! Auto assembled backwards
and my favorite:
MITSUBISHI = Manufactured in Taiwan; sold under British influence; shipped here incomplete.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Mountainmusic]
#18952223 - 10/08/13 10:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I guess Subaru just stands for plain bad ass, then.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Gumby]
#18952657 - 10/09/13 02:03 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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The commercials pronounce them "tore-iss" but if commercials were correct then "Hyundai" would be prounced "hun-day" and that's completely wrong.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Patlal]
#18952873 - 10/09/13 05:16 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Patlal said: French has latin pronouciations.
Uhhh...really? I don't think so.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: koraks]
#18952900 - 10/09/13 05:38 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tawr-us Sound it out people it ain't that hard, just like because & becaws The U takes on a W sound after the vowel b-eulah b-ewlah you yew etc etc
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: r00tuuu123]
#18952906 - 10/09/13 05:41 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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its pronounced 'may-may'.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18952998 - 10/09/13 06:38 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: I think its kinda funny that you're picking on tour-is, yet you pronounce it tore-us. There's no O in the word at all so how are you guys getting an O sound out of taur, that has an A in it? Shouldn't it be tahr, rather than tohr or tour?
The word is borrowed from another language (Latin,) so the Latin pronunciation is the most "correct." That's where people are getting the "tor" pronunciation from. "Tour" is a confusing way of representing the first syllable, because some people pronounce the word tour more like "toor" and pronounce it more like "tor." If anyone really says it like tooris/toorus though, I have no idea where the fuck they're getting that "oo" sound from.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: koraks]
#18953043 - 10/09/13 06:57 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Patlal said:
Quote:
Patlal said:
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Enjoywho said: A new contender!!
That pronunciation though 
No wonder canadian.

French has latin pronouciations.
"au" in french in pronounced "o" and "rus" is pronouced like the rus in the english word "Uterus".
It is what it is...
EDIT: Or Spaticus
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koraks said:
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Patlal said: French has latin pronouciations.
Uhhh...really? I don't think so.
Yes Koraks, even though some sounds were added to the french language during the years, there are still alot of similarities between the named "latin" languages.
Pronunciation of the "au" phoneme is one of those, AFAIK the pronunciation is the same than latin
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Amphibolos]
#18953194 - 10/09/13 08:08 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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In Latin the "au" diphthong is typically pronounced like "ou" in blouse or out.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime]
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At least 9 people have HIV and piss blood!!
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: B_BOY]
#18953241 - 10/09/13 08:30 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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That or they thought the other options were stupid.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: MorphinTime]
#18953312 - 10/09/13 08:49 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MorphinTime said: In Latin the "au" diphthong is typically pronounced like "ou" in blouse or out.
I just checked, you are right 
I would have thought that they pronunced it like us
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18954015 - 10/09/13 12:01 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: I think its kinda funny that you're picking on tour-is, yet you pronounce it tore-us. There's no O in the word at all so how are you guys getting an O sound out of taur, that has an A in it? Shouldn't it be tahr, rather than tohr or tour?
How do you pronounce dinosaur? But on a side note what the fuck happens with restaurant. The aura turns into erhro.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Gumby]
#18954143 - 10/09/13 12:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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"TORE-us", sounds likes "TORE-iss" when speaking American
Rhymes with Horus.
That guy's a dick though.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: r00tuuu123]
#18954182 - 10/09/13 12:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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r00tuuu123 said: Tawr-us Sound it out people it ain't that hard, just like because & becaws The U takes on a W sound after the vowel b-eulah b-ewlah you yew etc etc
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18954342 - 10/09/13 01:17 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: I think its kinda funny that you're picking on tour-is, yet you pronounce it tore-us. There's no O in the word at all so how are you guys getting an O sound out of taur, that has an A in it? Shouldn't it be tahr, rather than tohr or tour?
The "u" from which you can normally get an "uh" or "oo" sound modifies the A.
Think about words that have an au combination, you'll see that they don't always retain a normal "a" sound.
Trying to think of some better examples, but the only thing coming to mind right now is some french surnames, with the "eau" combo, which comes out sounding like "oh" or "oo"
How about "aunt" (which, while some people may pronounce it "ant" many say "on-t")
Some might argue that this is more of an "ah" sound... but this can be represented phonetically with an O, because it is a longer, softer "a" sound. Seen in words like "audit" (odd-it), auspicious, auction, audio, etc...
If you feel that's nit-picking and too imprecise, here are some words where the "au" ends up making a more clear "oh" sound, like in "taurus":
"Aura" (or-uh)
"Beau" pronounced "b-oh," homophone of "bow."
"Aural"
"faux"
"au pair"
That's where I get it. 
To be fair, I suspect the proper pronunciation should lie somewhere between where I tend to say it most of the time "tore-is" "tore-us" and "tar-"
But I assure you, "au" can make a sound resembling an "o"
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: CidneyIndole]
#18954773 - 10/09/13 02:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Man, I say a lot of things in that list differently.
Audit - aw-dit Auspicious - aw-spish-us Auction - awk-shun Audio - aw-dee-oh Aura - Ar-uh
Beau, faux, and au pair are the only words from your list that I say with the "oh" sound rather than the "aw" sound. Me and my southern-ness.
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Re: Ford Taurus, how do you say it? [Re: Ballerium]
#18954800 - 10/09/13 02:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ballerium said: Man, I say a lot of things in that list differently.
Audit - aw-dit Auspicious - aw-spish-us Auction - awk-shun Audio - aw-dee-oh Aura - Ar-uh
Beau, faux, and au pair are the only words from your list that I say with the "oh" sound rather than the "aw" sound. Me and my southern-ness. 
I say everything the same except aura- ore uh
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Audit - aw-dit
i pronounce it as 'au-dit', but the pace of the word is so fast that the 'u' comes out almost silent. so it sounds like 'aw-dit'.
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