84gtguy

do you say ahdi or owdi? i know this is kinda stupid but around here you hear both. just wondereing what others think.

my opinion is that it is owdi. taking into account that you do not say sowerkraht, you say sowerkrowt. also the few people that i have spoken to who speak german say it as owdi. at the dealership here thay say both. parts companies have said both. even the few times i have called audi directly, i have heard both.

just curious.

AudiSport4000

Owdee

- GT Style -

2nd

1984cgtturbo

I think you can safely go with the companies interpretation of how to pronounce their own name.

Audister

so if the IRS audits you then they OWDIT you? or AHDIT you?

84gtguy

i figured i was in the right, and have been since birth(lol). but i just wanted to check. do you guys run into this ever? here it is very common. i always correct people that say ahdee. i politely explain that it is owdee and move on. sometimes i do get an argument going. but it's good to know others are on my side.

84gtguy

of course. as an english word, you do not pronounce it as if it were german. you'd say ahdit. but audi is a german word and should be stated as such, owdee. it's good to see that others argue this.

serf2k

Maybe we should ask Franz Fikentscher's son how he pronounced it when he suggested a name instead of Horch (~ "Hark")...which was trademarked at the time by August Horch's former business partners.
Wikipedia link provided - a similar story is in a History of Progress. Anybody take Latin?
Cheers!<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi">Any Latin experts out there?</a></li></ul>

Orlando 4000S

Yea, and Quattro is spanish, go figure. Guess it was the same with Chevy Nova

Orlando 4000S

I thought it was 2 words usually I say F**kin Audi.