Contour

[Jaybird]

A friend of my wife stopped by the other day and she asked me if my car was a contour. Ive always pronounced it contour. Have I been saying it wrong? Ive thought WAY to much about this and I need to clear air here.

Also:

Is it koni (sounds like) "coony"

or,

koni (sounds like) "cone e"

or is it koni, like " Connie " my wifes crazy friend ?

 

[Scorpion8]

Well, in the curve of a rounded object, you follow the Con-tours, the same as a topographic map. That's what me says!

 

[rouar]

that's like some of the people here who say SVT like "sveet".

 

[rollinstylee]

Contour
Cone-y


Start calling her con-nee just for that.

 

[Lord Stanley]

I am going to tell people that I own a con-tour for now on, it is not like they will know the difference :laugh:

 

[Smalls]

and koni is definitely cone-"e". just called them last week

 

[TJSwoboda]

I stress the second syllable, same as with the word insurance. If you say IN-sur-ance, or CON-tour you're a redneck.

 

[DarkBlueZ]

I stress the second syllable, same as with the word insurance. If you say IN-sur-ance, or CON-tour you're a redneck.

conTOUR sounds french. CONtour sounds normal. Thats the only way I have ever heard it. conTOUR sounds dumb :nonono:

 

[rouar]

^^ Agreed. ConTOUR actually sounds more redneck than CONtour. Every time I read it I think "kahn-TEW-WER" :shrug:

 

[98csvt69]

I just say contour. Plane and simple. :shrug:

 

[DarkBlueZ]

I just say contour. Plane and simple. :shrug:

Stop being boring :laugh::laugh:

 

[98csvt69]

LOL i know shame on me.

 

[rexxdoggy]

^^ Agreed. ConTOUR actually sounds more redneck than CONtour. Every time I read it I think "kahn-TEW-WER" :shrug:

Wow, so funny haha

 

[Rodewaryer]

I would imagine by now, I've heard Koni pronounced cone-e probably at least a thousand times and not once any alternate method.

Contour? Never thought about it, but I guess I slightly emphasize the CON as someone mentioned before.

How about Prius? I hear it pronounced one way popularly (not that I care, it's just another asian clonemobile) but my way is much more fun. Pry-us-outta-the-way, which is what you have to do with the vast majority of the bloody things......

 

[Desiato]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=contour&x=0&y=0

[kon-too r]

Follow the link to click on the sound if you need to..

 

[WiredMotorSports]

AFTER READING THIS POST OUTLOUD I CANT EVEN SAY IT EITHER WAY RIGHT NOW!!:shocked:

 

[TGO]

that's like some of the people here who say SVT like "sveet".

who in the hell says thaT?

 

[Jaybird]

AFTER READING THIS POST OUTLOUD I CANT EVEN SAY IT EITHER WAY RIGHT NOW!!:shocked:

I just call them the ford(s) since thats the only emblem left on the car.

 

[rouar]

who in the hell says thaT?

It became a discussion when somebody posted about a guy with an SVT badge on his Ranger pulling up to the guy at a stoplight and talking about his "sveet" Contour. I recall at least one person (pimpalicious maybe??) saying he said it the same way.