Octahhhhvia

 

octovier

 

Octayvier

 

im more in the former category,  my husbands nicknamed him Dr Oc either way  

Deffo Octahvia  

The last one, Oct A Vier but then I'm northern and we say Bath with a short "A", unlike the southerners who say "Baarth".

Octy

4 minutes ago, ahenners said:

The last one, Oct A Vier but then I'm northern and we say Bath with a short "A", unlike the southerners who say "Baarth".

I’m northern and I say bath, not baaath but it’s still an Octahvia in my mind lol  

I’ve always said Oc-tay-via but I think the long aahhh is probably actually the correct pronunciation. But then I don’t say Shkoda either, like most English speakers, so I guess I can live with saying Octavia wrongly.

Oct-ay-via over here. And a mate with a vrs is the same.

Here in France:

 

Octahhveeya

Or what the locals call it: Oc-taa-vi-a. And Sch-ko-da. Fast forward to 0:45 to hear it: 

 Also, it's a nice colour

Oct-tay-vee-a

Who calls it Octovier?

 

 

Oc-tah-via

S-ko-da

 

Simples  

 

Or in my household:   the big car / the dirty diesel / the long range car / the brown one

(my Octahvia is brown in colour)

Edited 22 February, 20197 yr by wyx087

It was harder with older cars. I remember pronouncing Ford Escort as "Start you piece of crap".

Skoe Octeeeivia in Denmark 

I used to say Oct-ay-via, dealer said Oct-ah-via, if I'm thinking about what I'm saying I'd probably say the latter now.

 

Southerner with northern family, so always had slightly mixed pronunciations on things.

14 hours ago, SashaGrace said:

Deffo Octahvia  

Agree 100%.

Octahvia...... got to try and sound a bit posh given that I live to the east of London innit 

50 minutes ago, MoggyTech said:

It was harder with older cars. I remember pronouncing Ford Escort as "Start you piece of crap".

Or once owned a new 1985 Vauxhall Ashtray. Well hope someone torched it they would have done someone a favour. Unlockable locking fuel cap to name but one of its many foibles.

In the voice of Sean Connery

 

"  SHHHHHHKODA "

Just now, Auric Goldfinger said:

In the voice of Sean Connery

 

"  SHHHHHHKODA "

 

Apparently he had a bit of an accident at home the other day...... a load of books fell on him while he was in his study.

 

In a press release he said "I'm fine and I can only blame my-shelf"

 

I pronounce it "Octavia", there are no R's in it, no H's in it and there is only one A. But, HRH Queen Elizabeth might think differently though

17 hours ago, paulsoava said:

Or what the locals call it: Oc-taa-vi-a. And Sch-ko-da. Fast forward to 0:45 to hear it: 

 Also, it's a nice colour

And its a Com-bay in the local lingo....

Way back in 1965 when I had not long left school and got a job as an apprentice motor mechanic I worked for a dealer who sold the original Octavia and MB1000.  Back then it was pronounced Oc-Tay-Via.  Since I now own one I still and always will pronounce it that way. 

 

 

 

 

 

18 hours ago, gregoir said:

And its a Com-bay in the local lingo....

I will bow down to the language of origin, I should know better the Š is pronounced as SCH so it is indeed Schkoda. Must get used to saying Oc taa via 

 

On a side note I must say that I am a big fan of english. Not the garbage american accent but finer british english (is posh the right word?) and Scottish. I would pay to hear people talk Scottish. 

Naw, ye widnae Jimmy. Gies a pint o' heavy the noo.

I'm with Ock-tay-viah