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minus-squareAGM@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI’d guess people will get used to the brand names. Hyundai was like that too. Most people will eventually settle on some bastardized pronunciation of the name, like this guy.
minus-squareviolentfart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoMost reasonable people won’t care, but I think a measurable percentage would be turned off by it, which you don’t want when entering a market. It’s easy to drive a Merc, Benz, Bimmer, Chevy, Ford, or V-dub. It’s harder (heh) to say “whoa he’s drives a Dong” “I’ll be there in 5 minutes, look for a black Dong” Idk maybe it’s easier after all.
minus-squareAGM@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWon’t be an issue 10 years in and global brand value is more important, especially when entering a market to compete on price rather than on prestige.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago“did you see that Dong run the light?”
minus-squareTm12@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI have no idea how to pronounce it correctly. Hi-oon-day? I say hun-day
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoRhymes with Sunday and pronounce the first Y.
I’d guess people will get used to the brand names. Hyundai was like that too. Most people will eventually settle on some bastardized pronunciation of the name, like this guy.
Most reasonable people won’t care, but I think a measurable percentage would be turned off by it, which you don’t want when entering a market.
It’s easy to drive a Merc, Benz, Bimmer, Chevy, Ford, or V-dub.
It’s harder (heh) to say “whoa he’s drives a Dong”
“I’ll be there in 5 minutes, look for a black Dong”
Idk maybe it’s easier after all.
Won’t be an issue 10 years in and global brand value is more important, especially when entering a market to compete on price rather than on prestige.
“did you see that Dong run the light?”
I have no idea how to pronounce it correctly. Hi-oon-day? I say hun-day
Rhymes with Sunday and pronounce the first Y.