Why Do You People Say "fortuna"?

[thaicruze]

The name is Fortuner...

[John 1]

You must be bored is school on holiday.

[thaicruze]

Do you say "Fortuna" as well? or Fortuner?

[ThailandDenmark417]

Because when written with Thai script the final "r" sound is silenced "ร์"

[thaicruze]

But the name of the car is Fortuner.

[topt]

But the name of the car is Fortuner.

Does anybody care - other than maybe you?

If everybody understands it then the communication has been successful.

[tinfoilhat]

it is an affectation, not unlike motosai.

hard earned after years of speaking pidgin with the wife

[hkt83100]

Maybe because that is what you need when driving this car? (Hint: learn Latin)

[ignis]

Fortuner unless you add this to the Auto spell checker then you get 'For tuna'

[StefanBBK]

How much Lao did you have to care? How about "Lotut" ?

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[VocalNeal]

Unless you come from an area of the world that rolls their "R's" it will always sound like Fortuna.

Even If I try to say it "normally" it comes out that way. How things are written and how they are pronounced is very often different.

I.E. Reading. Either in Pennsylvania or Berkshire.

[Tywais]

When in Rome.

[Payboy]

When in Rome.

Feed the Rions?

[thaicruze]

But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner.

[transam]

Are we a weeeeee bit short of topics today.

[mr3cho]

you say tomato, I say potato

[Lancelot]

When I watch a USA news program, the announcers seem to take extra care to pronounce a foreign name or word with the proper and respective accent.

When I watch Thai news programs, they pronounce all foreign loan words with a Thai accent, such as "com PU teer"

Sorta like the Frank Sinatra song, "I Did it My Way..."

Opps, I meant Fran Sin AT raa

[stevenl]

When I watch a USA news program, the announcers seem to take extra care to pronounce a foreign name or word with the proper and respective accent.

When I watch Thai news programs, they pronounce all foreign loan words with a Thai accent, such as "com PU teer"

Sorta like the Frank Sinatra song, "I Did it My Way..."

Opps, I meant Fran Sin AT raa

That is because they don't see it as a foreign word but as a Thai word.

[Lancelot]

When I watch a USA news program, the announcers seem to take extra care to pronounce a foreign name or word with the proper and respective accent.

When I watch Thai news programs, they pronounce all foreign loan words with a Thai accent, such as "com PU teer"

Sorta like the Frank Sinatra song, "I Did it My Way..."

Opps, I meant Fran Sin AT raa

That is because they don't see it as a foreign word but as a Thai word.

I would disagree. Its more like they simply don't care.

But maybe all english words have Thai origins

[rixalex]

But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner.

Furtuner?

If you are going to gripe about the way other people spell it, nail your own spelling first.

[transam]

Ask a Welsh or Scots guy to say it. Different spelling.

[thaicruze]

But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner.

Furtuner?

If you are going to gripe about the way other people spell it, nail your own spelling first.

OK. It was ONE typo.

FORTUNER. Why can't you guys write FORTUNER. Fortuna is weird. I never know what you people are talking about.

[transam]

But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner.

Furtuner?

If you are going to gripe about the way other people spell it, nail your own spelling first.

OK. It was ONE typo.

FORTUNER. Why can't you guys write FORTUNER. Fortuna is weird. I never know what you people are talking about.

Think you are taking your teaching job a bit to serious here.

[thaicruze]

It's like you guys are in a ThaiVisa car club and you all say Fortuna just to be cool or something. I haven't read 1 post where someone writes "Fortuner".

It's on the back of the thing

Even guys who bought one say "I just bought a Fortuna". Can we stop that please?

[transam]

It's like you guys are in a ThaiVisa car club and you all say Fortuna just to be cool or something. I haven't read 1 post where someone writes "Fortuner".

It's on the back of the thing

Even guys who bought one say "I just bought a Fortuna". Can we stop that please?

You've not read any of my posts regarding a Fortuner then, eh. Naughty.

[anon210]

Hey TC, maybe it is just an affectionate way of saying that this car brings luck... OR NOT!

[IMHO]

I always just imagined those mis-spelling it were just the more cultured amongst us - after all, Toyota are the one's playing words games on this one..

[mogandave]

Why do they call it Weego?

[Spoonman]

It's like you guys are in a ThaiVisa car club and you all say Fortuna just to be cool or something. I haven't read 1 post where someone writes "Fortuner".

It's on the back of the thing

Even guys who bought one say "I just bought a Fortuna". Can we stop that please?

How do you know they are saying tuna or tuner ?

[VocalNeal]

It's like you guys are in a ThaiVisa car club and you all say Fortuna just to be cool or something. I haven't read 1 post where someone writes "Fortuner".

It's on the back of the thing

Even guys who bought one say "I just bought a Fortuna". Can we stop that please?

Unless you come from an area of the world that rolls their "R's" it will always sound like Fortuna.

Even If I try to say Fortuner "normally" it comes out Fortuna. How things are written and how they are pronounced is very often different.

I.E. Reading. Either in Pennsylvania or Berkshire.