Peugeot or Purrgeot

Wing Walker

Can somone please explain to me why English people refer to Peugeot as Purr-geot? It's just a pet hate of mine but at the same time, I'd really like to know why

peasant

Because it's slightly less wrong than "Pew-show"??:D

Ay Cee

I think the Purr-geot originates from how the French pronounce it. And as they're French cars that would be correct way.

I'm likely talking out my ass though, but I'm sure I heard that before.

alias no.9

Its Peu-geot, the u is soft, g is soft and the t is silent, not Pue-Joe like most irish pronounce it.

Anan1

Wing Walker wrote:

Can somone please explain to me why English people refer to Peugeot as Purr-geot? It's just a pet hate of mine but at the same time, I'd really like to know why

It's the correct French pronunciation of the name.

jhegarty

Wing Walker wrote:

Can somone please explain to me why English people refer to Peugeot as Purr-geot? It's just a pet hate of mine but at the same time, I'd really like to know why

You think thats bad, they pronounce 'opel' as 'vauxhall'

prospect

jhegarty wrote:

You think thats bad, they pronounce 'opel' as 'vauxhall'

very good....

Squirrel

jhegarty wrote:

You think thats bad, they pronounce 'opel' as 'vauxhall'

Fair play, that was good

BoozyBabe

Yea, have to say, I pronounce it 'Pew-jo' like the bog hopper that I am!! , hate hearing it being pronounced the proper way. (The speaker sounds so up their own @rse), but, I pronouce Renault as Ren-o, & hate hearing it being pronounced wrong.

Guess I'm just a twisted old cow!!!

Blue850

The few Lancias left in the country are always called Lanceeaahs when it should be lancha, mind you when i tell someone i have a lancia, they usually respond oh a mitsubishi....

Baggly

I think it had to do with some ancient ad campaign....

...ie the lion in the logo would pronounce it purrrrr-joe.

Thats my theory anyway

Anan1

LOTP wrote:

I think it had to do with some ancient ad campaign....

...ie the lion in the logo would pronounce it purrrrr-joe.

Thats my theory anyway

And why did the lion pronounce it like that? Because that's the correct pronunciation!;)

Baggly

No, because the lion is of the cat family. And what do cats say.

Its like when the French try to pronounce words that end in 'er' and make it sound like 'ea'. Thats the way they usually talk. So, if a lion could talk, it would try to say something the way it would usually talk, ie, with a purr.

In conclusion, the French, like you, are wrong.

ninty9er

The aul Vauxhall joke was great, but the best one is GM calling Daewoos Chevys.

Purrzszoh is a pet hate of mine to

step 1: engage French accent

Step 2: say Peu as the French would
result: a throaty miniscule r sound that isn't actually meant to be an R

Step 3: soft g "geo" silent "t"

step 4: engage cokcney- over emphasise the r that isn't there and is a result of a miseducated nation

Step 5: engage Irish accent and tell the guy at step 4 to cop the fu<k on before he really p1sses you off and forces action.

IIRC the Irish distributor now advertises using "Pew-geo"

On the Renault one "Renno" is correct as the "lt" is silent in French

Like Mercedes is "Mayr-say-days" as the German alphabet is pronounced and Audi is actually "Ow'D". Such a pity that we can't slate Clarkson for that

Anan1

At the risk of further encouraging you, I don't think lions can purr.

mike65

Its purrrrjoe and always has been dammit!

Mike.

overdriver

As my first post free from Gaol, I hate to correct you all, BUT!!!

My brother lived in France for a few years, and they DON'T pronounce it Purr-geot. That comes from the English thinking that because the French word for "little" is "peu", pronounced a little like "purr" if you're English ( with the soft "r"'s they use), it naturally follows that its pronounced as in the title.

So there. The French say "Pew-show", at least in Breton.

mike65

I let you out and you start speaking Breton French at us!

Mike.

overdriver

Oui!

green-blood

how about porsche

is it it really pore-sha

overdriver

Dunno. thats German. Gimme 5 minutes and I'll skype a mate to find out...

green-blood

couldnt you just ask him??

jamieh

While we're on the subject.....is it Porsh or Porsh-a

unkel

I think alias no.9 is the only one to get close to the French pronunciation. Where's ambro25 to give us the definitive?

peasant

Its "por-sheh" and before anyone asks ...its "My-bach" with the "a" as in "bar" and the "ch" as in "loch" (lough) and not "lock"

And its "Folkswagen" and not "wokeswaggin"

Steffano2002

I'm French so I can say Peugeot properly but when I speak with Irish people I just say "Pue-joe"... Don't ask me why...

overdriver

The word is back from Berlin!


"POR-SHA is correct. You pronounce every syllable in German"


Any others?

colm_mcm

As a nation, we're only in the past 10 years coming to terms with the revelation that the "l" and the "t" in "Renault" is silent.........

Blue850

Maybe this should be in the classics section but anyone I've ever met who goes to the big autojumble in Beaulieu always tell me about their trip to Bewley:)

overdriver

Bewleys on the Long Mile Road?

prospect

Awe-dee
or
Ow-dee


BTW, you are all wrong, it is PEAR-shjoe