On Jul 5, 10:54*pm, chunkyoldcortina wrote:
The Iron Jelloid wrote:
Once upon a time, Guy Gorton wrote:

Tourists and natives alike are asked in this country to pronounce the
new name for Abbey as San-tan-daire. *I asked the staff whether they
would look at the cal-en-daire on the wall, and whether I could
ten-daire a 5 pound note. * Sensible answers were prohibited by
management.

The French kitchen equipment company Moulinex (which mum always said
should be pronounced "Moliknow") actually ran adverts where they
pronounced it "Moon-li-nex", because that was how most UK people said
it.

Hyundai is normally pronounced to rhyme with "high un dry" in the UK, but in
Australia etc. is normally pronounced closer to how the Koreans would
pronounce it, like "shiunday"...

In the UK we pronounce "nissan" as "Niss Ann", to rhyme with "Miss Anne", but
in the US&AUS, it's pronounced "Knee ssahn"

I've never heard an Aussie say anything other than Hyundai ("high un
dry") - that's what the TV ads sound like,. Likewise Nissan - rhymes
with Miss Anne. What part of Australia are you referring to with
shiunday and "Knee ssahn"?

John