# The Word Audi ?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [October 1, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302 "2006-10-01T18:23:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-word-audi/18302/20 "2006-10-01T20:53:08Z")

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> [@BikerFry](#):
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> Anyhow, In the German language, ‘au’ = ‘ow’ As in Blaupunkt (you don’t pronounce it blahpunkt do you?)

It’s that damn “au” that gets everyone. When people take a stab at my last name after reading it almost never think it is 2 syllables. On the off chance they do think it is 2, I always get an incorrect “au” sound.

When I was student teaching, I introduced myself to classes by telling them that my last name rhymed with “Audi”

I had to modify the statement and make sure that I let the students know that I meant the automaker after a group of sixth graders asked if I meant “the belly button.”

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