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Old 09-13-2007, 12:19 PM   #1
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Yarii is the plural form of Yaris.

I keep seeing people refer to their Yaris as their "Yarii".

People, "Yarii" is the plural of "Yaris". "Yarii" means more than one Yaris.
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Old 09-13-2007, 12:20 PM   #2
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oh i thought it was yarisses haha jk
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Old 09-13-2007, 12:26 PM   #3
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my friend does that when referring to her yaris. annoyin but i don't care to correct her.
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:48 PM   #4
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... And for the record, that is pronounced "YAR-eye" and not "YAR-ee."
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:49 PM   #5
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:50 PM   #6
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:57 PM   #7
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Just say Yarish, then it covers all the gray areas, and you can be cool like Sean Connery.
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Old 09-13-2007, 02:58 PM   #8
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... And for the record, that is pronounced "YAR-eye" and not "YAR-ee."
really.. i always thought itw as yar-ee and that's how my friend pronounces it.. i just say yaris .. cuz that's all i have.. one yaris.
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Old 09-13-2007, 11:11 PM   #9
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really.. i always thought itw as yar-ee and that's how my friend pronounces it.. i just say yaris .. cuz that's all i have.. one yaris.
how do you pronounce cactii? cact-eye.... same with yar-eye
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Old 09-14-2007, 12:44 AM   #10
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I disagree. The Prius was the first name I've seen this done on and it is "Prii", pronounced "pree" to match the first syllable in "Prius".

"Yarii" should follow the established convention and be pronounced "yar-ee".
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:21 AM   #11
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I'm one of those offenders refering to a singular in the plural. I know it's incorrect, but for some reason I just like how it sounds in my head.... "Yarii.... yeah".... in fact, that may have become my nickname for the car... hmmmmm.....
I appologize if my continuing to do so causes anyone undue consternation.
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damn video games have jacked me up. i pronounce yarii the "ee" fashion because of the nintendo wii. i dont think the yar-eye pronunciation is correct since that rule works for words ending in "-us", like cactus, octopus, lexus, etc... because of that, lets make it yar-ee since it sounds crazy fun, and you know you want to say it like that anyways! say it with me now... yar-EEEEEEE!!!!

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i call all Yarises Yarii ^^ and say it "yar-ee" ^^
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Old 09-14-2007, 12:28 PM   #14
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how do you pronounce cactii? cact-eye.... same with yar-eye
but yar-ee sounds so much better.
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Old 09-14-2007, 12:32 PM   #15
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I think I'll stick with Yarises, anyway. Unless you look at it like moose: one moose, ten moose; one Yaris, ten Yaris'.
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Old 09-16-2007, 12:57 PM   #16
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Just say Yarish, then it covers all the gray areas, and you can be cool like Sean Connery.
HAHAHA! Brilliant.
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Old 09-16-2007, 02:29 PM   #17
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but yar-ee sounds so much better.
it does
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Old 09-16-2007, 08:01 PM   #18
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I have two yari .that wouldn't be the right way to say it.If you just say you have yari then nobody would know how many you have.I guess I have two yaris's
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