You say tomato..............

Ford have a TV commercial for the 'new' Ecosport. Pronounced, apparently, 'Echosport' (or Ekkosport :shrug: ).

Which obviously begs the question. Have we been pronouncing Ecoboost wrong? Or was it just me anyway?

Eek!! o boost....

Echoboost ...echoboost....echoboost

TEWAT

The engine with a turbo.

HISSMAN said:

TEWAT

The engine with a turbo.

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IHWCT

I hope warranty covers this...

Echo-nomical or Eco-nomical

i say "Ee-co"boost, but i was miffed when i heard the advert say "EKHO boost" Even my parents asked me if my car was an 'ekho boost' they're both spelt the same. (ecoboost/sport) Maybe they're trying to change perception by changing pronunciation.

Fuck knows whatever it is, mine will stay "eco" not "Ekho"

Maybe it's a regional thing like the weirdos up north that don't pronounce the "r" in bath :shrug:

EEE-KO-BOOST

Manders Mustang said:

i say "Ee-co"boost, but i was miffed when i heard the advert say "EKHO boost" Even my parents asked me if my car was an 'ekho boost' they're both spelt the same. (ecoboost/sport) Maybe they're trying to change perception by changing pronunciation.

Fuck knows whatever it is, mine will stay "eco" not "Ekho"

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Well obviously now we know it annoys you none of us will ever pronounce it that way when you are in earshot. Never, ever, at all, definitely not, no chance, nada..................................







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slowhand99 said:

Well obviously now we know it annoys you none of us will ever pronounce it that way when you are in earshot. Never, ever, at all, definitely not, no chance, nada..................................







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It doesn't annoy me ! It just confuses me!

According to the Cambridge dictionary, in the UK we pronounce 'eco' (as a prefix) "Eeco", and in the US "Echo".

Thats the the opposite of what I thought, but there you go.

jord79 said:

According to the Cambridge dictionary, in the UK we pronounce 'eco' (as a prefix) "Eeco", and in the US "Echo".

Thats the the opposite of what I thought, but there you go.

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There's a Cambridge dictionary? :faint:

slowhand99 said:

There's a Cambridge dictionary? :faint:

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Both Oxford and Cambridge Dictionary are two of the most popular dictionaries around the world. ... However, the basic difference between them is the fact that the Oxford Dictionary is published by the Oxford University Press, whereas the Cambridge Dictionary is published by the Cambridge University Press.


Because you know, we needed two fucking dictionaries :lol::lol:

Manders Mustang said:

Because you know, we needed two fucking dictionaries :lol::lol:

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Why do we need a dictionary when we have you mate?



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Kristian87 said:

Why do we need a dictionary when we have you mate?



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Because for times i'm not around to google "cambridge versus oxford dictionary"

i was expecting dictionaries fighting, i got some boring explanation.