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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 04:39 AM
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 04:49 AM
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Default Bee Emm Dubbelyoo
I say ow-dee, but technically it's probably wrong.
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my grandmother, who grew up in Germany, pronounces it "ow-dee". I'm with her
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Default owdee. We had this discussion awhile ago and someone called AoA
they said its owdee
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 05:14 AM
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from Wikipedia: "Pronunciation: The correct German and Latin form rhymes with 'howdy'"
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 05:27 AM
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ganz einfach nur Audi! PorschEE not Porsch as well
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Its an Owdee, not an innie.
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Default lol...my mechanic asks me that everytime I see him
Is it an Owdee or an Innie?
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Default Correct me if I'm wrong, but the word "Audi" is actually Latin right?
pronounced "ow-dee", something about the founders name transated...or something along those lines.......read it once, long time ago.
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