I've noticed that in the UK they pronounce Prius Pryus, whereas Stateside we say Preeus. Supposedly prius is a latin word. Anyone know the latin pronounciation? I think the Brits might be right? There's an I but no E in Prius.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(1x1 @ May 16 2007, 12:22 PM) [snapback]443411[/snapback]</div> Prius supposedly means "first" in Latin.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(1x1 @ May 16 2007, 12:22 PM) [snapback]443411[/snapback]</div> I took a few years of latin in school and as far as i can remember Prius in latin means before or, how i always remembered is "Prior". it would be pronounced pryus. I guess this could mean "first" in some context.
I know when we first started looking at them in 02 we were corrected on the pronuciation of pryus thats how I called it then informed by salespeople it we preeus. I like prius as pryus. but who cares, its a great car no matter how you slice it!
po-tay-toh, po-tah-toh, to-may-toh, to-mah-toh... who're ya gonna ask what's "right", the Japanese, whose word, after all, it is (but who don't say it either way)? :huh: Or, you could follow the pronounciation employed by Toyota's TV advertising agency (pree-us), and assume that's "official"...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(1x1 @ May 16 2007, 09:22 AM) [snapback]443411[/snapback]</div> Well, I don't know, but we do say "raydeeus" when talking about a circle. Dave M.
Japanese pronounciation would be "pree-us" as their 'i' sounds like an 'e'. The Brits do things their own way and could care less what the rest of the world thinks. I first heard Prius pronounced like Pry-us when I saw the Top Gear segment on You Tube a bit ago, the one where they destroyed a Prius because it was such a horrible car compared to a modern diesel. Dave
