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Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by buddyg, Mar 3, 2017.

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  1. buddyg

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    Do you say:

    Three Five Five or
    Three Fifty Five

    Four Eight Eight or
    Four Eighty Eight

    Is it more of the euro thing to say each number individually?
     
  2. riccardone

    riccardone Karting

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    Three fiddy five and four eighty eight

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  3. Bas

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    five fifty
    three five five
    eight twelve
    five nine nine
    three four eight
    six twelve
    La Eff (laf is utterly retarded)

    Whatever sounds best to my ears. lol
     
  4. itsablurr

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    Two-five-zero Gee-tee-oh

    Nope.
     
  5. Jdubbya

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    3 five 5 or 3 fifty 5
    3 forty 8
    3 Oh 8
    3 twenty 8
    3 6 oh or 3 sixty
    4 5 6 or 4 fifty 6
    2 eighty 8
    5 fifty
    5 seventy 5
    4 5 8
    4 8 8

    At least for me.
     
  6. Flash G

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    I still don't know the correct pronunciation of Modena. Wasn't there a vigorous debate about it here a while back?
     
  7. woody byrd

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    It is a three syllable word , Mod- in -na. That sure beats the hell out of Mow-deena.
     
  8. LVP488

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    No question in French :D
    quatre cent quatre vingt huit (four hundred eighty eight)
    trois cent cinquante cinq (three hundred fifty five)
    huit cent douze (eight hundred twelve)
    and so on...
     
  9. ago car nut

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    +1
     
  10. buddyg

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    Is it Mod - In - A or Mode - In - A?

    I have heard it both ways. Really these pronouciations should be what the Ferrari factory uses.
     
  11. Enzojr

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    360 ;)
    I gave up on that other word.
    Oops ........
    Three sixty
     
  12. southnc

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    What about the 612 Saglietti. You can have field day with this name.

    I've heard:
    -"Skahl-yetti"
    -"Sky-yetti"
    -"Scag-li-eti"
    etc
     
  13. Zanny1

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    Was in Modena last year. The locals say Mode - In - A.
     
  14. RMDC

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    That is correct - that's how my Italian relatives pronounce.

    MAW-de-nah

    Emphasis on the first syllable.
     
  15. RMDC

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    SKA-lee-et-ee

    Emphasis on the first syllable
     
  16. BarryK

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    So a 599 is

    cinq cent quatre vingt dix neuf?

    You could do 0-60 in that time....
     
  17. LVP488

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    Yes it is :D
    (I guess in English it's just five-nine-nine).
     
  18. woody byrd

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    How to say it?
     
  19. woody byrd

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    I had two 612's and after a bit of reading about them, It was said to be pronounced as two words "Scal Yetti."
     
  20. Formula Uno

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    Hard to put into letters but it's:
    Moe-deh-nah.
    Feh-rrah-ri.
    Mah-rrin-el-oh
     
  21. Albert-LP

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    we Italians member could easily teach the correct Italian pronunciations of all Ferrari Models: isn't there the possibility to upload an audio file?

    ciao
     
  22. ///Mike

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    Yes, .mp3 and a couple of other audio file types can be uploaded in the same manner as photographic file types.
     
  23. nerofer

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    Well...true, but with some exceptions...for instance:
    "trois-cinquante-cinq" can be, and is, also used, just as "trois-cent-cinquante-cinq".
    "cinq-cinquante" is sometimes used, just as the more common "cinq cent cinquante".

    But it is true that we french usually pronounce the "century" number, i.e "trois-CENT-vingt- huit" (Three HUNDRED twenty eight) instead of "Trois-vingt-huit" (Three twenty eight).
    We never use single number by single number, i.e no "trois-cinq-cinq" or "trois-deux-huit".

    Rgds
     
  24. bertrand328

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    Don't you need a video ? To show hands !
     
  25. John_K_348

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    I scoured the web when I got my 348. It's tre-cento-quarant-otto. or Three hundred and forty eight. literally.

    Yes it's MOD-eh-na with the accent on the first syllable. Like Genoa and Mantua but not CreMOna. But That still needs confirmation. ;)

    Scagletti is Scahl-YET-ti with a slight hesitation on the double t.

    Superleggera is Su-per-lej-JiE-ra with the hesitation on the double consonant soft g.

    And for the love of God and Alfisti everywhere...

    It's Quad-ri-FOGL-io VER-de

    Kwad-ri-FOHL-yio VER-deh

    The gli in Italian is like the double lli in French. It turns into a y-like stretch of the tongue and no silly Guh-li-ah mess.

    So the Lamborghini (h makes the g hard next to the vowel i and e) Gallardo is just Gal-LAR-do no fake French, fake Spanish "GuYyyardo" Like a stupid Top Gear America host and so called racing driver said constantly a few years back. There is no I, so there is no "ya" type dipthong or mutation. Rooster is Rooster. "I say, I say, now cut that out!" :D
     

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