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this might have been asked bout before but ive had people tellin me its sed ce-fy-ro but ive always known it as ce-fi-ro that fi been sed as fi as in fiddy haha

jus wana see how everyone else pronounces it haha i almost threw my food back through a drivethru window wen the guy servin me sed ce-fy-ro haha

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its based on the greek wind god Zephyrus (or Zephyro in Greek)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyros#West..._.28Zephyrus.29

here's how you're supposed to pronounce Zephyrus:

http://cougar.eb.com/soundc11/z/zephyr02.wav

so change the "Z" to "C" and the "rus" to a "ro" and you have Cefiro (Sefu-Roh)

lol I still say Sey-fee-roh even tho I know I'm wrong. I cringe when I hear someone say "nice sey-FAI-ro" tho.

I think my old man has the technique down pat. He calls it "maxima", cos that's what ours is registered as. simple.

i say it like this "s-fear-oh"

heard many combinations, I think I like Maxima best lol

s-far-oh

s-fir-oh

s-fear-a (almost like zafira, crappy holdens trying to emulate jap import coolness)

Edited by daisu

being that it's a japanese car, and a japanese adaptation of the greek god zephyrus (or watever - thx for that one funky=)

anyway

being a japanese word TECHNICALLY it'd be pronounced

se-fi-roh

with no... what's the word, "prominent" or "drawn" syllables

like not sef - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- row

sefiroh

BUT

we're in australia, so it's pronounced sef ee row cos that's the way we were raised to talk like

its based on the greek wind god Zephyrus (or Zephyro in Greek)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyros#West..._.28Zephyrus.29

here's how you're supposed to pronounce Zephyrus:

http://cougar.eb.com/soundc11/z/zephyr02.wav

so change the "Z" to "C" and the "rus" to a "ro" and you have Cefiro (Sefu-Roh)

Wow.... was not expecting that when i opened up this thread

Very insightfull

Thanks

+1 with mr eps, just watch the comercials on your tube that should set things straight

haha yeah ima stick with cefeeroh then haha speakin of maximas though, i saw an a32/33 the other day, i was just thinking oh yeah just another maxima....no wait thats an import maxima, had a nicely styled cefiro badge on the back

So many imports are pronouned different. I won't say 'wrong' because I don't know the right :)

I'll add more. I'll say how I pronounce it and how I've heard it.

Laurel - I say, 'Lorel', heard it pronounced 'Lo-rell'. I don't know if I can write it how it's prouned either properly :)

Trueno - I say 'True-noe', heard it pronounced 'True-enno'.

Levin - 'Le-vinn', heard it 'Lee-vin'

Stagea - I think this is supposed to be 'Stage-ee-a' isn't it...

laurel is an english word... say it as you would in english.

Stagea's origin is Stage-A (advanced stage) so take from that what you will

Trueno is the god of thunder and Levin is the god of Lightning... look up the pronounciations of both and you'll find how you're supposed to pronounce it.

Pronouncing things the way the japanese do is retarded because they're the same people that call an orange an "orenji". They just don't have the right syllables to pronounce latin/english words... besides... if that was the case this would be "su-kai-rine-su" australia not skylines australia.

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