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How to pronounce "Baja" ?
In an arguement about how to say Baja (as in Baja Bug). Is it said how its spelt like baa-jaaa or is it said baa-haaa?
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 11:21 AM |
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It is pronounced Ba-ha. Slap anyone up the side of the head who says it differently. And tell them to look up Baja in Mexico to see where they got
their name from.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 11:21 AM |
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it is definitely baha
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 11:54 AM |
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Hahahah ill have to slap my self then smileyman
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 01:08 PM |
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Hiya Ryan,
It's baa-ha.
In Spanish baja means (roughly) under or lower than. So, Baja California is Under California and that makes sense when you look at the map. Of
course, the term Baja as it's used with cars comes from the overland races held in Baja California.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 01:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bookwus In Spanish baja means (roughly) under or lower than.
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Rather ironic really considering a Baja Bug is over or higher than a normal bug.......
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 02:01 PM |
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But under or lower than a normal off road car.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 02:09 PM |
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That depends.... I've seen some baja bugs that make 4wds look small......
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 02:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ryana89
In an arguement about how to say Baja (as in Baja Bug). Is it said how its spelt like baa-jaaa or is it said baa-haaa?
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"lame - ha"
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 02:27 PM |
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just like a stock strut super bug in the dirt hey?
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 02:43 PM |
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colonel mustard, i'm pretty sure one of the 10 comandments is "thou shall not criticise or speak of a VW car/part in a negative way"
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 posted on October 11th, 2009 at 05:09 PM |
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Bar - Har --- BAA- HAA = BAJA
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Bookwus
Hiya Ryan,
It's baa-ha.
In Spanish baja means (roughly) under or lower than. So, Baja California is Under California and that makes sense when you look at the map. Of
course, the term Baja as it's used with cars comes from the overland races held in Baja California.
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Hi Mike,
I have never heard it called Bar Har in Australia...
always Bar Jar or occasionally Badger... [yikes]
No Spanish spoken over here.. lol
and no one has been to BAJA in California...
where the Off Road Races were held....
and don;'t know
it has nothing to do with the height of a car... lol
I suppose they will continue to be called a Bar Jar in the Australian language ...
cheers
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 05:28 PM |
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Deffo pronounced Baa Haa
Same as Fajita isn't pronounced "Faa Gee Taa" (another Mexican word) but "Faa Hee Taa" instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajita
I rest my case... lol
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 05:43 PM |
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I always been calling it bar jar lol.
Baha sounds more fun :P its like naming a car after a slurred lound laugh... lol
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:13 PM |
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I always call it Ba-ha, and so does everyone else I know. The only people I hear call it bar-jar are bogans who don't know any better 
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:14 PM |
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ohhh ouch! 
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:21 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
The only people I hear call it bar-jar are bogans who don't know any better
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What is worse though is when they are told the correct way to say it, they still don't make the effort.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:23 PM |
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I'm making the 'effort' to say it right now
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:49 PM |
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Baja - Bar jar
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 06:55 PM |
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hahaha.
its a mad world :P
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 08:17 PM |
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Ba Ha . nothin else would be right.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 08:33 PM |
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Oh! Is that so Lee? No-ones been to Baja (pronounced Baha).
So I didn't go to Valley Centre in SoCal and stay with Bruce and Winnie Meyers for a few days in 1998, then I didn't go down into Baja California
with the Manx Dune Buggy Club, then I didn't spend some time at Mike's Sky Ranch on the way to Margaritaville, where I didn't stay at Pete's Camp
on the beach, where I didn't get to drive a Tow'd which didn't have a Corvair engine in it and then I didn't get to visit Lake Hanson on the way
home from "Wasting Away in Margaritaville".
Hmmm? I wonder what I was doing at that time?
Maybe I then didn't buy a Manx SR and then ship it home.
Hmmm! I wonder where I did get it from.
It's all a great mystery to me.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 09:57 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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colonel mustard, i'm pretty sure one of the 10 comandments is "thou shall not criticise or speak of a VW car/part in a negative way"
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pretty sure.... no.
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 10:33 PM |
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Juan, Jose, and Jesus are turning in their graves at the moment. Or should that be Huan, Hose and Hesus for those who need some help.
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| Quote: | Originally
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Juan, Jose, and Jesus are turning in their graves at the moment.
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Yea...
Cause half the guys here really need to learn to keep their pants on...
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| posted on October 11th, 2009 at 11:23 PM |
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I must say, when I was a yoiung bloke and the first DB&HVWs magazine came out, I read about 'baja' bugs and wondered how it was spelt. I had
read where the name came freom (the Baja desert where they were first developed), and for quite a few years, I pronounced it either 'Baja' or
'Baajaa' . I later saw a doco on TV about the Baja Pensinular and the Baja desert, and I finally heard it pronounced 'Baahaa'. Ever since then, I
have always pronounced it that way.
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| posted on October 12th, 2009 at 12:13 AM |
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Hi
And while we're talking about pronunciation. Bathurst is pronounced Bath urst, not Bath hirst like most Mexicans say it, but they cant even say where
the F1 race is held in Melbourne properly, the say Elbert Park, not Albert Park and Alvis Presley.
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| posted on October 12th, 2009 at 12:16 AM |
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OK...
My Humble apologies...
Someone has been to Baja California ...
just no one I know...
cheers
LEE
PS: Should have said IMHO - In My Humble opinion...
in which case i was wrong...
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| posted on October 12th, 2009 at 07:49 PM |
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I call my car all sorts of things....
oont baba. "oont" being cause its german, "baba" because thats what the old lady at work calls it.
Shitebox. When it breaks.
Good lookin. when its clean.
tough. when its covered in mud.
A drag car. when i put my little wheels on it and take it to warwick.
my wife has a whole list of other names for it but they are all kinda offensive
Generally i just call it my Baja, pronounced "BA-HA"
Some people who drove them in the 70's call them "choppers" too.
Mick
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| posted on October 13th, 2009 at 12:31 AM |
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¡Santa María!
Todo este apuro cerca de una poca palabra. En español nosotros no dice el sonido de J como usted hace en inglés. Pronunciamos J como usted el
prounce H. Todas nuestras vocales tienen solamente sonidos cortos, así que una A se pronuncia siempre como AAH. Eso significa que BAJA es BAA-HAA
pronunciado.
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