Scion Pronunciation

Close to 50% of the people that ask about my car pronounce it wrong. They call it sKion, I have to correct them and say it is pronounced like the sci in science, I guess some people just don’t know what to do with the “C”.

Any one else have people coming up with strange words when they try to say scion? I don’t think its a hard word, but then I also know how to say science.

 

seee-on
sykon
yeah people are dumb

 

yeah i was at the UMass Dartmouth show on saturday and a young college kid said .. nice sky-on .. im like .. um .. first its Scion (Sy-on) ... dummy ... i like sykon .. thats funny

 

i usually tell people like Science.. the Sci in there.. then just the word ON.. Sci - on

 

yeah, its funny. I said it right the first time. somebody stick this in the off topic thread maybe to get more response.

 

when i first heard about the car brand .. a friend told me about it and he said it was "sky-on" and im like .. i dont think its pronounced that way .. never seen "sci" pronounced any other way then "sy"

 

Scion actually means "-the descendent of"... and it makes sense. (Descendent of Toyota)

 

It tears me apart everytime someone says "Scion" wrong...

 

i rarely ever refer to my car as a scion. its just the tc. i dont correct people too. i hate being a grammar or spelling ****

also i removed the badging of the car so its better that people dont know what it is rather than mispronouncing the name.

 

the one i hear the most is "ZION". I try not to correct people, but after they say it 5-6 times in a day i can't help it.

 

ZION is actually right if they pronounce it in British accent.
I pronounce is as "sci(ence)-on", which is zion!

 

Yeah, first time I saw an xB rolling around I had the right pronunciation because I recognized it as a word in the dictionary (definition already given...)

 

I remember talking to some co-workers years ago about the pronunciation of the word "FAQ". Some pronounced it "fack", others said "eff-ay-kyoo". One joker would never stop saying "fah-kyoo".

 

^^ hahaha im going to have steal that one

 

When I used to work at a car dealer, this old guy was trying to decipher the still new Hyundai name. He finally "realized" it must be pronounced Honda, since he'd heard of that... I tried to explain and finally gave up...

 

My boss pronounced Hyundai as "Heeeeee-young-dye" the other day and I almost spit up my drink, cause although he was trying to pronounce it non-jokingly and in normal conversation, I couldn't help but think he should've been performing some crazy karate move while saying that.

People always ask me about my "Sky-on", or my "Ski-on". It gets tiring correcting them, so now just let them carry on mis-pronouncing not just a brand name, but an actual English word.

Oh, I was helping a co-worker research insurance companies for her Hyundai Tucson, and the insurance agent called it the "Tuck-son".

 

With all the things you guys get perturbed about - pronunciation – hard seats – thin paint – sloppy shifter – rice – not_rice – rattles –

I think they should have spelled it “Sigh On”

 

my insurance lady called my tC a saturn...but I didn't say anything

 

yea... "zion"

 

After a dictionary.com search I came across something I had not known. The word scion means "Heir" or "descendant". Perfect due to the fact that the brand was marketed to attract those who would continue to buy toyota products.

Scion