A car brand I've been mispronouncing my whole life... (1 Viewer)

[Mike_in_Boston]

When I was a little kid in the '60's, I used to build plastic car models.
One of them was Ohio George Montgomery's '33 Willys Coupe Malco Gasser.
I always called it a "WILL-eez". Pretty sure I've heard many others thru the years pronounce it that way too.
Today on NHRA.tv the announcer for the Midwest Pro Mods kept saying "WILL-iss" instead of "WILL-eez".
Looked it up on Wikipedia and to my surprise, the announcer was RIGHT! See footnote #1 on this page...

Willys - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[stitcherbob]

the announcer and Wikipedia are the only two that pronounce it that way....

 

[Mike_in_Toney]

But we like it when the "Will-eez" is pulling wheelies

 

[Sandman]

Still Will-eez in my vocabulary. Lots of stuff that way. As a machinist, every single person I know for that past 20 years has pronounced Fanuc controllers as "Fa-Nook". Recently, I found out it's pronounced "Fa-nik". Also, people my whole life have been mispronouncing my last name. The pronounce it "idiot". They must think it has French origins or something...

 

[Butch]

Growing up in Toledo, it's pronounced
will-eez

 

[winr]

Its Will eez...always has been always will be!

 

[Nick Name]

I always pronounced the French race track as La Monz, Now I hear people pronouncing it La Ma

 

[flapjack]

I always pronounced the French race track as La Monz, Now I hear people pronouncing it La Ma

Then there’s the 24 hours of Lemons. Guy I work with participates. Pretty funny

 

[Crazy]

How many others looked up Fanuc controller? I know, I did.

 

[Cliff]

Is Lemons pronounced Le Mons?

 

[Nick Name]

How many others looked up Fanuc controller? I know, I did.

My first CNC had a Fanuc control.