thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The name is Fortuner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 1 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 You must be bored is school on holiday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Do you say "Fortuna" as well? or Fortuner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandDenmark417 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Because when written with Thai script the final "r" sound is silenced "ร์" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) But the name of the car is Fortuner. Edited October 31, 2012 by thaicruze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) it is an affectation, not unlike motosai. hard earned after years of speaking pidgin with the wife Edited October 31, 2012 by tinfoilhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Maybe because that is what you need when driving this car? (Hint: learn Latin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Fortuner unless you add this to the Auto spell checker then you get 'For tuna' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanBBK Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 How much Lao did you have to care? How about "Lotut" ? Sent from my GT-P7500 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) 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. Edited October 31, 2012 by VocalNeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 When in Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 When in Rome. Feed the Rions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 But why do you WRITE it that way? It's Furtuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Are we a weeeeee bit short of topics today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr3cho Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 you say tomato, I say potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) 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 Edited October 31, 2012 by Lancelot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixalex Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ask a Welsh or Scots guy to say it. Different spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicruze Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) 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? Edited October 31, 2012 by thaicruze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon210 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Hey TC, maybe it is just an affectionate way of saying that this car brings luck... OR NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Why do they call it Weego? Edited October 31, 2012 by mogandave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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