People still call it Prye-is

My mom actually called it a "Prees-us" the other day... A few people I know call it a "Pree-uh"...

Do'h

 

I have only heard Pree-us. How is it pronounce it in Japan? or do they have a different name for the car there?

 

my mom says "Prees" (as in priest without the t)

i gave up a while ago.

 

they spell it in japan as Pu ri u su

which would sound like pree-oos

 

Heck... the first time I walked into a Toyota dealer to inquire about the car, *I* called it a PREYE-US.

Could be worse... can you pronounce Jaguar? How about Porsche?

 

Who ever envied a pryus?

 

OK, I'll bite. But the blame/praise goes to my English teachers, not me.

Jaguar: jag you are (well, it is a British car, and so a British pronunciation)

Porsche: portia


And now for some really hard questions:

What's the plural of Prius? Prius? Prii? Priuses?

And what's a group of them called? A pride? A parade? A battery?

 

i really like the pride of prii idea, personally =)

 

My Brother in law an under grad Classics major said if you use Prii both "i" are pronounced. He was not sure about the Plural of Prius. Do we have a Latin Professor in the group?

 

That doesn't matter. Names may be pronounced & used any way the creator desires. And in the case of Toyota, they've stated that the plural of "Prius" is "Prius".

I like that. It has a stealth like quality.

 

Oh wow... I prefer the Steve Jobs variation : Jag-wire.

 

If it's not enough of an issue to smash a chair over someone's head, it likely isn't worth my time.











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Truthfully, I pronounce it: Pr-EYE-us

h34r:

 

How is por-sha different from Portia (a woman's name, pronounced por-shuh) cited above?

I can accept Toyota's plural of Prius, but it makes correct verb use imperative to recognize a plural. Personally, I prefer Pree-ee, phonetically. Sounds like squeals of delight!

 

Prius is just an alternative spelling of the Latin adjective prior, -oris, which means exactly the same thing that it does in English. There are, however, some examples in Latin texts of prius being used to mean "better" or "superior."

 

I call it Pree-us but like Pree-eye as plural. I would love a couple of pree-eye!!!!!

 

And don't forget that the plural of STADIUM is STADIA
and that DATA is already plural as in "The data do not support that."

 

I say pry-us occasionally, so I try not to pick on others.

People who correct other people about data, though... :angry: