Willis or Willeez? NO ARGUING PLEASE

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Willis or Willeez? NO ARGUING PLEASE
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Although I have heard people pronounce it "Willeez" I believe the correct pronunciation is "Willis" as that is how the company founder , John North Willys, pronounced it. I also submit that you don't call it a "Chevrolet's Nova" Or "Ford's Mustang" and so a "Willy's Jeep" would not be inline, either. Checking pics of the one Willys-Overland I owned shows no apostrophe on the windshield name tag, either.

To support my contention I submit actual recordings of Willys-Overland employees in official training films:

Willys Sound Bytes

as well as reference guide pronunciation aids:

John North Willys (of Overland) biography

Wiki also supports me but I try to avoid Wiki as any kind of legitimate source.

Obviously there most be some reason for the other pronunciation but I can find nothing like documentation to support it.

So, if you could answer with some supporting documentation for your belief either way without name-calling or the like I'd like to know what is "right."

Thank you.
 
I'll say,

I will not argue but I do not get it.

tomato, tomoto

potato, pototo...

What is the point as long as the person you are speaking with understands the intent of the conversation?

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I doubt it. ;)

I say, talk how you will talk and speaks as you will speak...
 
I say willeez. Only because thats how I've heard it pronounced all my life.
 
CJ said:
I'll say,

I will not argue but I don not get it.

tomato, tomoto

potato, pototo...

What is the point as long as the person you are speaking with understands the intent of the conversation?

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I doubt it. ;)

I say, talk how you will talk and speaks as you will speak...
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:agree: The only way I have said it and heard others say it is Willeez.
 
I always said Willis because that's the way my dad said it, He owned a couple of the cars and at least one Jeep. Of course he was from Maine and as we all know they talk a bit different.:D
Put the kaa in the baan right beside the huss. Ayuha.:)
 
Willeez - Per the Grateful Dead's Sugar Magnolia:

"Well, she can dance a cajun rhythm, jump like a willys in four wheel drive.
Shes a summer love for spring, fall and winter. she can make happy any man alive."
:dbanana:
 
Why-lee's. I've heard it also as Wil-lee's(willeez) Never heard it as Willis.

No documentation, solely an observation.
 
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If the Dead said it, not much more to discuss.


bdpalace said:
Willeez - Per the Grateful Dead's Sugar Magnolia:
:D
"Well, she can dance a cajun rhythm, jump like a willys in four wheel drive.
Shes a summer love for spring, fall and winter. she can make happy any man alive."
:dbanana:
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I'm from the south so for the northern folk it would sound like wheeleez

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It seemed like such a simple concept. :rolleyes:

People "heard" for centuries that blood letting cured every known illness... was it right? So now yahoos "hear" Willys mispronounced and are so childish that they continue the mispronunciation when faced with the truth just to be childish.

Folks claim to love jeeps but disrespect the vehicle's father by peeing all over his name....

I note that CJ corrects things in other threads because apparently being correct matters to him... but now being correct doesn't? And how do you ever accuse someone or punish them for being a troll when you do it?

So, here it is: Just because your pappy was too ignorant to pronounce something correctly doesn't mean such ignorance needs to continue. If you embrace ignorance don't get butthurt when someone points out that you are ignorant. Ignorant itself isn't bad because it simply means "not knowing." Being told the truth and ignoring it moves beyond ignorance to stupidity, being incapable of learning. Although it shouldn't be an insult being stupid is worthy of my pity.
 
Look, I searched for sound clips that pronounced willis - the only ones that came up were Gary Coleman sound bytes. At least I looked for a sound clip.

As for correcting others in the forum, your damn right I (we) do. This site strives to give correct information concerning CJs. I could care less if anyone says willis or willeez but I damn sure care if someone doesn't bleed their brakes correctly.

People don't get hurt from improper grammar or misspelling but they sure can if their CJ doesn't drive correctly.

I have to say, this is one of the most interesting threads I have seen on this site.
 
CJ said:
Look, I searched for sound clips that pronounced willis - the only ones that came up were Gary Coleman sound bytes. At least I looked for a sound clip.

As for correcting others in the forum, your damn right I (we) do. This site strives to give correct information concerning CJs. I could care less if anyone says willis or willeez but I damn sure care if someone doesn't bleed their brakes correctly.

People don't get hurt from improper grammar or misspelling but they sure can if their CJ doesn't drive correctly.

I have to say, this is one of the most interesting threads I have seen on this site.
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Can't find any sound bites to support "Willis"??? Apparently you missed the sound bites in the first post? ;)You missed those but sought out ones from a 30 yr old TV show to be "cute." I am truly shocked that you cannot find anything approaching documentation to support your mispronunciation :rolleyes:. The fact that you can't ought to tell you something. The further fact that folks are simple enough to believe that some mispronunciation by a bunch of drugged-up "artists" has any bearing on reality is kinda sad...

So, which of the following applies to those still deliberately mispronouncing the name:

IGNORANT http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignorant
1
a : destitute of knowledge or education <an ignorant society>; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified <parents ignorant of modern mathematics>
b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence <ignorant errors>
2
: unaware, uninformed


STUPID http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid
1
a : slow of mind : obtuse
b : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner
c : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish
2
: dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid <still stupid from the sedative>
3
: marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless <a stupid decision>
4
a : lacking interest or point <a stupid event>

You'd think a site that claims to want to support the Jeep CJ would at least have an interest in being correct about its founder's name and the make it was produced under for the first couple of decades it was around.
 
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seems you should have had two more options on your poll.

1) don't really give a :dung:, I would guess you understood what I an talking about.

2) depends on where I am standing when I say it.


I have gone to the Rodeo in fort worth and driven on Rodeo drive in Beverly hills. You just have to learn to adapt or you could get lost.:cool:
 
IOPort51 said:
seems you should have had two more options on your poll.

1) don't really give a :dung:, I would guess you understood what I an talking about.

2) depends on where I am standing when I say it.


I have gone to the Rodeo in fort worth and driven on Rodeo drive in Beverly hills. You just have to learn to adapt or you could get lost.:cool:
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If you didn't give a :dung: why are you here posting again? :D

In Willys you are using the name of a real person. It is not subject to "whim."

I tried to edit away the "no arguing" but for some reason this forum takes away the option of editing after a certain point.
 
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