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It's just the French pronunciation, that's all. Like calling Renault "Ren-O" rather than "Ren-alt" or calling BMW "Bee-Emm-Vay" rather than "Bee-Emm-double U" and so on.
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For those who haven't seen it, Otmar did a fascinating interview with Jake Humphries that is on YouTube and well worth watching (warning, just over an hour long). A lot of it is of course about Alpine and the colossal cluster-fluff the (then) reporting structure appeared to have. Even allowing for some residual bitterness on Otmar's part, it sounds like an utter mess.
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Call'em Benz now…
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Ooh, this is fighting talk where I come from - the land of Breakfast, Dinner & Tea. Supper is something you eat after 9pm. Gas comes through pipes and is used for heating & cooking (and power generation), to tire is to be sleepy, trunks are worn for swimming, hoods are something you put on your bonce when it rains.
And don't get started on aluminium. Why pronounce it aluminum when there are 79 other elements that end in 'ium'? Honestly, you chuck a bunch of tea in the harbour and think you rule the world. |
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Alpine or Alpeen, either way it's probably going to keep the name, despite now being less French
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The issue also is as I don't really watch much F1, I have to put with Peen in WEC!
I did see an advert on telly recently that told me I have been saying Skoda wrong for decades, apparently now it is Schkoda. Does that really make it sound any more desirable? And dont get me started on Hyundai, Hee un day, cmon |
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