It's Nikon not Ny-con.

[arikevin]

Heard of some people calling Nikon as Ny-con. :bsmilie:

 

[Gymrat76]

Heard of some people calling Nikon as Ny-con. :bsmilie:

Mostly ang mohs pronounce it that way... anyway, who cares if its po-tay-tos or poh-ta-tos, semantics doesn't affect the quality

 

[RSU]

Blame it (again) on the Yanks. EYE-raq, EYE-ran. Even heard Stan Waterman (reknowned U/W videographer) refer to Sipadan as Saipadan. Cringe.

 

[ckiang]

Yeah, it's an American thang. The same people who brought us Mul-tai-media. Everybuddy (Everybody) and so on.

Regards
CK

 

[Astin]

Oh, the 5 English vowels a/e/i/o/u have different sound in different parts of the world la. Even the word "photography" can sound differently by different photographers. No, I am not an-tie-american.

 

[macross]

It's a japanese brand and should be pronounced the japanese way.

Another example is mi-tsu-bi-shi, but u can hear pple pronounce it as mit-su-bi-si.

 

[loupgarou]

if you think that's bad, have you heard the advertisements for McQuay air cons..

 

[arikevin]

if you think that's bad, have you heard the advertisements for McQuay air cons..

McChicken?

 

[ckiang]

The what, "Say Mc Kway, it's Okay" thing?

Regards
CK

 

[clive]

reminds me of last time they always say ku-ra-dee for karate

 

[willyfoo]

The company doesn't mind how it's being called... as long as people know it's the same thing.

 

[Gymrat76]

The company doesn't mind how it's being called... as long as people know it's the same thing.

Actually, the company doesn't mind how it's being called... as long as people keep buying their products :bsmilie:

GYR

 

[aaronng]

Here in Australia, Hyundai is pronounced huun-day. Cracks me up when I'm so used to calling it Hyun-dai.

 

[Astin]

How does Australian pronounced "clubsnap" btw?

 

[arikevin]

my guess would be "cub-snip" :bsmilie:

 

[Tetrode]

Here in Australia, Hyundai is pronounced huun-day. Cracks me up when I'm so used to calling it Hyun-dai.

It is the correct way(Korean) of pronouncing it actually.
'huun-day' or 'Hue-n-day',

 

[Royce]

Here in Australia, Hyundai is pronounced huun-day. Cracks me up when I'm so used to calling it Hyun-dai.

I'm Australian and I pronounce it Hyun-dai. Never heard it pronounce the way you say.

 

[Royce]

my guess would be "cub-snip" :bsmilie:

That would be if you were in New Zealand.

 

[Tetrode]

I'm Australian and I pronounce it Hyun-dai. Never heard it pronounce the way you say.

Go ask a native Korean how they would pronounce it. There are quite a few of them in Australia so it shouldn't be too hard to do.

 

[Royce]

Go ask a native Korean how they would pronounce it. There are quite a few of them in Australia so it shouldn't be too hard to do.

Difficult to do when I'm living in Singapore.