How do you say it? 'Leon' or 'Layon'?

[brendanb1801]

Just seen the facelift Leon advert and noticed that the sales guy in the ad pronounces Leon as 'Layon'.

Now I have always said it as it sounds, LEE ON

Just out of interest how do you say it?! Stupid thread but it intrigued me!

 

[olliep]

i used to be leeon but i was informed that the pronounciation of the place its named after is infact layon... so I jumped on that bandwagon... baa baa

 

[LEE69]

Lee on

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

My mate calls it a fake Volkswagen but I prefer Barcelona banger

 

[Mylo]

layon, like the hitman

 

[Andy3004]

I say lay-on, my ex called it a lee-own .....go figure!!!

 

[chris285]

leon, i can read

 

[Pabs]

Say at - Lay on.

 

[pacm0n]

I always pronouce it Lee on - Lay on dont sound right to me

 

[ScoobyJawa]

Always called it a "Sayat Layon"

 

[brightsideteeem]

Say at - Lay on.
C-AT makes it sound cheap and wrong to me, and LAY-ON as its named after a place.

Its like LE MANS or le mon.

 

[InfernalBadger]

Pronouncing it Leeon is almost as bad as pronouncing Gallardo as it is written!!

 

[Fl@pper]

SEAT, S.A. (pronunciation: [ˈsɛːat], "say-at"

The SEAT León (pronunciation: [le̞ˈon]) "lay-on"

Say-At-Lay-On

 

[dholdi]

Sayat Layon for me too.
After all does anyone pronounce Seat the same way as a waiter would say "would you take this seat, sir"

 

[pacm0n]

Say at - Lay on.
C-AT makes it sound cheap and wrong to me, and LAY-ON as its named after a place.

Its like LE MANS or le mon.

True, I do say "Say At" but since I've had the Leon I've always pronounced it "LEE - ON"......Think I better change my ways of pronouncing things, lol

 

[MrBen2k7]

Say-At Lay-On

 

[225]

I remember just after I got the LCR I went to a BTCC with SCN and asked a Marshall where the special SEAT ( pronounced See at) at the time and got told off for mis pronouncing it!?!? He did say nice car though mate and then sent me to the rest of the clan but still I learnt.

 

[J0N]

Say-At Lee-On for me.

 

[traumapat]

Mines a lee-on from Leon in Sayat land. But she has other names too including "limp mode Lucy" and "Pantene powered"

 

[RobDon]

'say-at lay-on' is correct according to everything i've heard. I've never said 'see-at lee-on', that's like saying I've got a 'fyord ees-cort' - lol!