Lamborghini Gallardo. Most people probably pronounce it something like ga-lard-do, but did you know that the actual pronunciation is guy-yard-do? So Akon was wrong, and so are many other wannabes.
Lamborghini, although an Italian automobile company, named the car after a breed of fighting bull. And as far as I know, I recall bull-fights to be more common in Spain than in Italy.
And secondly, the Spanish word gallardo means "gallant". In Spanish, the double l is pronounce as a y, hence guy-yard-do.
A couple other mispronunciations which get on my nerves:
1) Michael Crichton. His last name rhymes with "frighten".
2) Chuck Palahniuk. Pronounced "Paula Nick".
Nothing much to update, life's good.
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hey, been awhile!~
when ya heading back?
hey dude!
haha i probably going back in august. don't change your number! i'll give you a call when i'm home.. then we can go lame around in orchard again.
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