General Cycling Discussion - How do YOU pronounce Peugeot?

I googled it and found various pronunciations world wide. If America had a couple different. How do I pronounce it with out sound like an idiot?

I thought it was pʊ'ʒo: (if that shows up.)

Didn't work. dang.
puh ZHOH I guess is another way to transcribe it

Didn't work. dang.
puh ZHOH I guess is another way to transcribe it

That's the only way I've ever heard it.

I also spelled the title puegeot rather than Peugeot.

Doh!

I pronounce it like it looks ... peu-zgoh.

I pronounce it like it looks ... peu-zgoh.

I think it is more like poo-zgoh.

Heck, I thought it was pew-joe. Then again, just a couple of weeks ago, I found out the T in "brevet" was silent.

And if I pronounced it how it looks, it would be pew-gee-ott.

Heck, I thought it was pew-joe. Then again, just a couple of weeks ago, I found out the T in "brevet" was silent.

And if I pronounced it how it looks, it would be pew-gee-ott.


But ... "ot" looks like it sounds "oh" ... just like the "et" in brevet looks like "eh".

But then I've been surrounded by the French language since I was quite young in one way or another.

Always heard it pronounced "pooh zscho", like the "sho" in "show" but with a soft "Z" beforehand. I used to volunteer in a co-op with tons of old Poojs.

Poo Joe.

no wonder they look at me funny at the LBS when I tell them that I'm interested in the pew-wee-jay-oat. :D

And another POOH-zsoe.

So me sister says to me regarding her new bicycle she just aquired, "I have a green POOH-zsoe". To which I replied, "You probably need some kind of ointment for that".

Poo joe

wtf is with the z in there.

poo-ZHOH

Puer-juoh

Poo-Gee-Ot

Poo joe
Thats what I call mine

Now that that's settled, can you 'mericans please find someone to lead your country that can pronounce 'nuclear'? it would be somewhat reassuring for the rest of us who live on the receiving end of that 'new-clee-arrr' arsenal if the guy/gal with the finger on the big red button has enough smarts to at the very least pronounce it!... yeah, that would be a great start :D

Thats what I call mine

The "eu" in French is a very distinctive sound that most native English speakers have a very difficult time producing. It is half way between and ew and a double ee sound. At least in the US the acceptable pronunciation is Pew zhoh.

Aaron:)

Cyclaholic, I learned long ago that general smarts does not always equate to proper spelling, proper grammar, OR proper pronunciation.

But at least I'm not the only one to go with the "joe". :)

And Machka, down here in Texas, you just don't run across a whole lot of French. Unless you get way south and east and start running into those Louisiana people. Then you run into names like Hebert and Boudreaux. And I wouldn't guarantee they're pronounced the way people in France would say them.

There's no way to pronounce it as it is in French if you don't already speak French. This is because there is no English equivalent to the sound "eu". It's like the "er" in English, but without the "r" sound at the end. If you're in America, you will be just fine pronouncing it as "poo" and then "joe" but without the "d" sound at the beginning of the joe.

No matter how it's pronounced.. man.. those PX10's were wicked! The freaking lugs themselves were like something out of Dungeons and Dragons.

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To pronounce, I would say...

Pew-Shczoe

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/images/French/Peugeot/PeugeotPoster-11.jpg

My school French teacher said to pronounce 'eu', you purse your lips to say 'ooh', but with the rest of you mouth you see "ee'. The second 'e', after the 'g' is only there to soften the 'g' so the last part of the word is pronounced 'zho' rather than 'go' and the t is silent. The final 'o' sound is clipped and stops abruptly.

+1 for "POO-joe"

Poo Joe.

Yep, that is how a Hoosier would say it. Whether the first or second syllable is emphasized would vary by Hoosier.

My school French teacher said to pronounce 'eu', you purse your lips to say 'ooh', but with the rest of you mouth you see "ee'. The second 'e', after the 'g' is only there to soften the 'g' so the last part of the word is pronounced 'zho' rather than 'go' and the t is silent. The final 'o' sound is clipped and stops abruptly.

Yes, this describes it very well.

The "eu" in French is a very distinctive sound that most native English speakers have a very difficult time producing. It is half way between and ew and a double ee sound. At least in the US the acceptable pronunciation is Pew zhoh.

Aaron:)

That is completely wrong!!! The 'eu' in French is supposed to be pronounced like the 'oo' in the English word 'hook'. The only vowel sound in French that sounds remotely like the english 'pew' is 'u'- as in Alexandre DUMAS. The only correct pronounciation of Peugeot is how the French say it, which is 'puh-zhoh'.

That is completely wrong!!! The 'eu' in French is supposed to be pronounced like the 'oo' in the English word 'hook'. The only vowel sound in French that sounds remotely like the english 'pew' is 'u'- as in Alexandre DUMAS. The only correct pronounciation of Peugeot is how the French say it, which is 'puh-zhoh'.

He should know! :)

Puer-juoh

+1 Heard it that way during the 24 hours of Lemans coverage

The common French pronunciation of "Peugeot" is IPA: [pøːʒo].In Spain, Peugeot is said "peuyot" or "peyot"(the second is most common). In England it is usually pronounced /ˈpɜːʒoʊ/ "PERzho", while Americans pronounce it /puːˈʒoʊ/ "pooZHO" or /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ "PYOOzho". Peugeot cars have been given the nicknames: 'pug' and 'pugs' in the UK. In Malta some people pronounce "Peugeot" as PUGU. In those parts of North Africa that were colonised by the French—Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco—"Peugeot" is often pronounced in the same way as the word "bijou" ("jewel"),

Poo-Gee-OtNo.

The common French pronunciation of "Peugeot" is IPA: [pøːʒo].In Spain, Peugeot is said "peuyot" or "peyot"(the second is most common). In England it is usually pronounced /ˈpɜːʒoʊ/ "PERzho", while Americans pronounce it /puːˈʒoʊ/ "pooZHO" or /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ "PYOOzho". Peugeot cars have been given the nicknames: 'pug' and 'pugs' in the UK. In Malta some people pronounce "Peugeot" as PUGU. In those parts of North Africa that were colonised by the French—Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco—"Peugeot" is often pronounced in the same way as the word "bijou" ("jewel"),Yes, I went with the British phoenetic.

pay-joh. I have no idea where that came from.

pay-joh. I have no idea where that came from.

"joh", I can see ... but "pay"?

"joh", I can see ... but "pay"?

What you said.

+1 Heard it that way during the 24 hours of Lemans coverage

I know you heard it that way during tv coverage of les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans because they were British commentators- not French. There is no 'r' in Peugeot.

[QUOTE=miamijim;7608283]The common French pronunciation of "Peugeot" is IPA: [pøːʒo].In Spain, Peugeot is said "peuyot" or "peyot"(the second is most common). In England it is usually pronounced /ˈpɜːʒoʊ/ "PERzho", while Americans pronounce it /puːˈʒoʊ/ "pooZHO" or /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ "PYOOzho". Peugeot cars have been given the nicknames: 'pug' and 'pugs' in the UK. In Malta some people pronounce "Peugeot" as PUGU. In those parts of North Africa that were colonised by the French—Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco—"Peugeot" is often pronounced in the same way as the word "bijou" ("jewel"),[/QUOT

In French, the vowel sound for 'ou' is totally different than that for 'eu'. Regardless of what part of the world you're talking about, the only correct pronounciation of Peugeot is the French pronounciation.

Syllables are not stressed in French. So it would not be PUH-zhoh or puh-ZHOH. It would be puh-zhoh, with equal stress on each syllable. But that's the advanced course, so carry on.

I know you heard it that way during tv coverage of les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans because they were British commentators- not French. There is no 'r' in Peugeot.

I figured that out after I looked up the different ways of saying it depending on location!!!!

PEWW JOE thats a nasty fart!

pew-zhoh

POO-joe? As in, rhymes with Cujo? I've only heard it pronounced pü-ZHŌ.

To all of you, gesundheit... ;)

I pronounce it puh-zhoh.

Brother pronounces it pway-GOT.

Some car mechanic (Click and Clack from NPR?) referred to Peugeot autos as Pigouts.

I don't think they liked working on them very much.

If you wanna sound like an idiot, say "pway got"

some say " push it", but I think they're the Chevy drivers

some say " push it", but I think they're the Chevy drivers

Yeah, and GM are bankrupt while PSA are the second largest carmaker in Europe.

I just spent the whole summer in France. No one ever says peur-zhoh or pew-zhoh. It's puh-zhoh. Why is that so hard for Americans?