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Pronounciation?
1st Gear
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 440
From: Monterey, CA
RE: Pronounciation?
Just curious if anyone knows for a fact how to pronounce it cuz I was having a discussion with my friend about this yesterday. I know there is a book out there that actually gives you all the correct pronunciations for all car companies and why, if anyone can get theire hands on it. For instance, Porsche is actually pronounced "porsh-uh" not "porsh" because it's named after a person.
Bueller??? Anyone......? Anyone...?
Bueller??? Anyone......? Anyone...?
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,659
From: United States
RE: Pronounciation?
The correct pronunciation is as I said above.
I watched a German video last year about the history of Audi (it was produced by Audi) and they explained the correct pronunciation during the intro.
I watched a German video last year about the history of Audi (it was produced by Audi) and they explained the correct pronunciation during the intro.
3rd Gear
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,659
From: United States
RE: Pronounciation?
ORIGINAL: AudiMick
imolaS4 is correct. The word is from the Latin not German.
Audi is Latin for "listen' . The company was started by August Horch who also built cars under that name . He chose the name Audi because Horch meant "hark" which is pretty close to listen.
Just some useless info.
imolaS4 is correct. The word is from the Latin not German.
Audi is Latin for "listen' . The company was started by August Horch who also built cars under that name . He chose the name Audi because Horch meant "hark" which is pretty close to listen.
Just some useless info.
Audire is the latin verb "to listen".
And the history of the Audi name was actually a matter of legal course.
On 14 November 1899, August Horch (1868 - 1951) established the company A. Horch & Cie. in the Ehrenfeld district of Cologne. In 1909 August Horch got into a dispute with the supervisory board of A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG. Horch left the company he had set up. Shortly after, on 16 July 1909, he established a second company, Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, in the same city. Horch lost the legal dispute over the company name. However, a solution to the problem was found: the Latin translation of his name (the German word for “hark!”). The new company name, Audiwerke GmbH, became effective on 25 April 1910.
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