Well, folks! My cousin's name is Hyun Ho. Hyun is pronounced like col96fx has it so I go with HeYun-Die.

 

My friends all say "Hi-yun-dee"

 

You guys are nuts.

The CORRECT PRONUNCIATION of Hyundai is...

Hun Dae.

Like SUNDAY.

Trust me. I lived in Korea for 18 months. There is a town called Hyung Dae, I found out, by asking a driver to take me to Hi yun Dae.

There was even a Hyundai commercial before about it, "Hyundai, like Sunday".

 

thats good to hear. i'm glad i say it correctly then laugh.gif:

i just hate hearing people butchering the name of it.

i know though, when ppl posted korean Hyundai commercials, it was said stupidly

 

#3 if you're British. They pronounce every vowel and syllable. smile.gif

The show 5th Gear did a short test of the new "Hi-yun-Day" Tiburon recently.

 

I say Hun Dae (like Redz said....Sunday but with a hun at the beginning instead of sun), though the people at the dealership call it Hun-die and they say tiburon funny as well, they say: Tib-U-Ron. I don't think that's right either, I say Hun-Dae Tib-er-on. Every else (like dealerships, junkyard people, employees at auto parts stores say : Hun-Die Tib-U-Ron) it's really freakin annoying...

But it's somethin you just gotta roll with, my car's also been called:
what year eclipse is that...? (<---seriously no resemblance at all LOL)
A honda what...?
oh it's a talon...right?
etc.
search for a thread about nicknames for the tib, there's a long list

 

No its: high-unduh-ay-eye

 

awsome how our wonderful names are difficult to pronounce unlike honda, ford, geo, saturn...toyota...etc.

i say it like, "Hundae/Hun-day" or sometimes catch myself with "hondae". same things.

i don't think i will ever get tired of our Names or our logo.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>i usualy tell them its a Porsche or a Korean Ferrari, they usualy walk away at that point</div>

LOL... same thing when i get girls trying to come onto me. if i don't like them, i start rambling about how much Hyundai has to offer. it works like magic.

 

If I remeber correctly from the Hyundai Corporation site. It's pronounced Hee-un-di.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (REDZMAN)</div><div class='quotemain'>You guys are nuts.

<span style="colorarkRed"><span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%">The CORRECT PRONUNCIATION of Hyundai is...

Hun Dae.

Like SUNDAY</span>.</span>

Trust me. I lived in Korea for 18 months. There is a town called Hyung Dae, I found out, by asking a driver to take me to Hi yun Dae.

There was even a Hyundai commercial before about it, "Hyundai, like Sunday".</div>


So stop saying what you think it is, cause it's not.

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http://www.semissourian.com/story.html$rec=122863

http://www.efl.arts.gla.ac.uk/Mag2/Min.html

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Hyundai
Correct pronunciation: Hun-day
Pronunciation used by 99.9 percent of consumers: Hun-dye</div>

http://www.aaa-calif.com/westways/0504/autonews.asp

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>HYUNDAI: People often say HUN-die or HOON-die or annunciate the “y,” but Mike Balsewicz, new car manager at BOUCHER Hyundai, says the rhyme, “Hyundai, like Sunday” can help you keep it straight. “We also hear ee-LAN-tra and ee-LAHN-tra, but it’s uh-LAHN-tra’” said Balsewicz (BAL-seh-VITCH).</div>

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:FOVXZ...n+hyundai&hl=en

That should be enough.