Adam393 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 My dad and I are always arguing about how to pronounce Datsun, but being that hes from NY and I was born and raised in OH, we are naturally going to pronounce things differently. I suspect that this may be a potato-potatto situation, but can anyone shed some light on how to correctly pronounce it. I say it "Daht-sun" my dad says "Daat-sin". Which is technically correct, and how do you guys personally pronounce it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I say "Daht-sun" and I think my dad does too. Not sure, since we pronounce a lot of things differently, despite the fact I was raised a whopping 500ft from where he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attworth Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 "Daht-sun" Same with anybody I talk to around me. But here in Texas we like to drawwww thangs out, reckon yall know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I lived in Cincy from age 11 to 19 and Dayton 8 years and and Cambridge Ohio fro 16 and I know we pronounced things strange. Like gasoline is gaZoline and we got our hairs cut not get a hair cut. But Datsun was always Daht Sun, at least in Greenhills. I never head anyone say "Daat-sin". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc90 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Daht-sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padam07 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Daht-sun...but then again I am from Massachusetts so anything I say always sounds like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 just go to youtube and look at the old datsun commercials My friend kept on calling it Daht-soon. I looked at him like, are you kidding me? even after hearing me pronounce it. "palm to face" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 dat-sin - Ontario lol....I had to ask my sun..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearheadstik Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 dot sun... South Alabama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 In Oz its pronounced `datto'. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 As its spelt, 'Dat' as in 'that' or 'rat', 'sun' as in 'son' or that big ball in the sky. In American road tests 'dart-sun' seems common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 In Oz its pronounced `datto'. Dave Thats an abbreviation Dave, so soon you forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam393 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Im glad to hear im not the only one. I was afraid my dad would be right since he was around during that time. I side with John Mortons pronunciation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1noel Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Z, and spud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_furious Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Son of DAT = DATson, later Datsun(since 'son' also means 'loss' in Japanese), so it follows that it should be 'DAT' as in 'that' ...but I've heard it as 'Dat' as in 'dot' all my life, so that's what I go with so I don't get oddball looks and pointless corrections. I'm willing to bet our Commonwealth friends(with possible exception to our northern neighbors) pronounce it the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 dat-sun or dat-sin here....depends on my mood! LOL sometimes I call it the Dat-soon too. LOL Everyone that asks me about it says "dot-sun" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaze73 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 It seems to be DAT-SUN up here in Canada....I never could understand all those american commercials that pronouce it DOT-SUN....mind you, its a two-forty-ZED up here too....theres no such thing as the letter Zee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerAce Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 dawt/dot sun California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Dat, as in Bat or At, followed by Sun, as in Bun. Mind you, I probably prnounce Bat and Bun differently to the americans, (either southern drawl or northern nasal versions of the Yankee accents) Hard A, Short U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Dot-sun for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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