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05/19/2013 04:49:32 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by pamb:
I've had this discussion before. It's Nik-on. Nik as in Nick. Nicholas. Nick off. Thrown in the nick. Knickers. Definitely nothing like Nike, as is Mike, or any variation thereof. |
She said "knickers". Such a naughty girl... I am the eggman. ;-) |
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05/20/2013 03:45:32 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by blindjustice:
fine-but can we agree height is pronounced "hite" not "high-th" ? thats why they put the h on the left side of the t. its silent. |
Can we agree that the contraction of "it is" is spelled with an apostrophe (it's)? Unless you are claiming the h belongs to the t ... |
apparently my phone does not auto correct contractions. (I spend too much of my life in "grammatical correctness" mode to worry about such matters in "spoken language" style forums...) |
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05/20/2013 07:03:27 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by pamb:
But it IS al-u-min-e-um. Aluminium. So there. |
Jeez murphy this thread still alive?! 'bout time someone who has actually worked as a writer, proofreader and editor stepped in here.
On most of N America, it's aluminum (al-oo-min-uhm), not aluminium (al-oo-min-E-um) which is a holdover from the crazy Brits that settled yer country.
And I agree with Katie, it's Nigh-Kahn, not Nickon or Nee-Kahn. Even my Caaaaaahnon-toting bf can say 'Nikon' properly. And Nike is 'Nigh-kee', not 'Nike', as in rhyming with 'Mike'. |
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05/20/2013 07:33:27 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Originally posted by pamb:
But it IS al-u-min-e-um. Aluminium. So there. |
Jeez murphy this thread still alive?! 'bout time someone who has actually worked as a writer, proofreader and editor stepped in here.
On most of N America, it's aluminum (al-oo-min-uhm), not aluminium (al-oo-min-E-um) which is a holdover from the crazy Brits that settled yer country.
And I agree with Katie, it's Nigh-Kahn, not Nickon or Nee-Kahn. Even my Caaaaaahnon-toting bf can say 'Nikon' properly. And Nike is 'Nigh-kee', not 'Nike', as in rhyming with 'Mike'. |
I do know it's a-loo-min-num, but al-oo-min-ee-um is pretty darn cool. So is Shedjule instead of skedjule.
But I still don't understand we go to THE hospital yet brits go to hospital...
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05/20/2013 07:39:31 PM · #30 |
What's all this Caaaanon business.
It's CAN-on. As is "Can do with Can-on". |
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05/20/2013 08:12:35 PM · #31 |
| I repeat. The language is English. NOT American. Get over yourselves. |
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05/20/2013 08:33:55 PM · #32 |
| Relax. Go take a ride in your Jaguar, which is pronounced Jag-wahr, not the silly British Pronunciation. |
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05/20/2013 08:42:02 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
But I still don't understand we go to THE hospital yet brits go to hospital... |
In the Midwest you only go to (the) hospital if something "needs fixed." |
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05/20/2013 08:44:13 PM · #34 |
| I love and respect everyone here too much to post my honest response... So, suffice to say "That's nice." |
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05/20/2013 08:56:29 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
But I still don't understand we go to THE hospital yet brits go to hospital... |
And given THAT, how come we "go to college" and "go to university" just like our across-the-pond brethren and sistren. And why do we "go to" market, but not supermarket? It's a mystery wrapped ion a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Tee hee. |
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05/20/2013 09:05:59 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by pamb:
I repeat. The language is English. NOT American. Get over yourselves. |
Pam, I love you to death, you leave great comments, but please lighten up a little!!! There are many different versions of English out there.
For example. I'm not American. Nor am I using American English.
I. AM. CANADIAN.
We spell 'colour' and 'flavour' with a 'u', whereas the Americans happily omit the 'u'. Amongst a host of other little quirky things. And yes there is a difference in cultures between us - to confuse us is like us confusing Oz and NZ, which I understand is not appreciated down there.
But for whatever weird reason, in Canada aluminum IS aluminum. NOT aluminium. Ask any number of Canadians on this site -  RayEthier is always up for a debate. So is  frisca, she's a lawyer no less ;-) I don't know why, maybe we're the only remaining Colony that doesn't say 'aluminum' with an extraneous i. But we are. Simple.
So, howzabout we simply agree that there is more than one version of English floating around out there?
Message edited by author 2013-05-20 21:12:05. |
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05/20/2013 09:09:02 PM · #37 |
| And we go to court but go to the library. Go to school but go to the game. Surely there must be some reason? Plural nature of the place? French origin of the word. Lets blame it on the French. Agreed. Feel better now Pamb? |
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05/20/2013 09:12:25 PM · #38 |
Nee-kon. Japanese vowel sounds have only one basic form each, and the 'I' is pronounced like the 'e' in 'teeth'. Of course "Camera" is pronounced Kaah-mair-a so how far do you want to go to pronounce it the way the makers pronounce it?
After all when someone tells me they went to Paireee in FrrAunsse and took pictures with their Nee-kahn I might think "Gee they really nailed proper pronunciation there." or I might think "Wow, what a pompous twit"
Message edited by author 2013-05-20 21:14:38. |
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05/20/2013 09:18:10 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by blindjustice:
And we go to court but go to the library. Go to school but go to the game. Surely there must be some reason? Plural nature of the place? French origin of the word. Lets blame it on the French. Agreed. Feel better now Pamb? |
Good point, I'd say it's because both 'court' and 'school' are mostly nouns but can also be verbs - ie 'courting disaster' and 'schooling a horse'. You don't really 'library' anything, though the 'game' one is a little puzzling as you can 'have game.' And 'get game.' And 'wear a game face.'
Anyway it's the final stretch of Victoria Day long weekend up here in Canuckistan, so want to get on with enjoying it while it lasts. |
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05/20/2013 09:22:11 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
, So is frisca, she's a lawyer no less ;-) |
Lawyers? Lets leave them out of it. |
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05/20/2013 09:26:26 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Nee-kon. Japanese vowel sounds have only one basic form each, and the 'I' is pronounced like the 'e' in 'teeth'. Of course "Camera" is pronounced Kaah-mair-a so how far do you want to go to pronounce it the way the makers pronounce it?
After all when someone tells me they went to Paireee in FrrAunsse and took pictures with their Nee-kahn I might think "Gee they really nailed proper pronunciation there." or I might think "Wow, what a pompous twit" |
Great point. But hearing the pronunciation "Ver-sally" in ohio is like nails on a chalkboard. |
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05/20/2013 09:26:49 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Good point, I'd say it's because both 'court' and 'school' are mostly nouns but can also be verbs - ie 'courting disaster' and 'schooling a horse'. |
Have you ever wanted to "university" someone? No, I thought not... :-) |
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05/20/2013 09:30:00 PM · #43 |
Nissan...Nee san...not Nigh san
Nikon..Nee kon...not Nigh kon
How to pronounce Nikon...from the natives
End O deeescussion |
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05/20/2013 09:37:03 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Nee-kon. Japanese vowel sounds have only one basic form each, and the 'I' is pronounced like the 'e' in 'teeth'. |
Do you mean the first 'e' or the second 'e'? The vowel sound 'i' in Japanese is much shorter than 'teeth'. More like in 'nit'. Anyway, if you started talking about 'Nee-kon' to Japanese people, they wouldn't understand. 'Ni kon'
Some Japanese seem to be quite sensitive to slight changes of pronunciation: say something incorrectly and they don't know what you're talking about. As an example, I rang my garage the other day because there's a noise in my car's engine which I thought was the fanbelt. (There's no 'a' as in 'apple' - er, 'Canon' - sound in Japanese). Several times I repeated 'fanberuto' but the mechanic I was speaking to didn't understand it until I changed it to 'funberuto', which is closer to how this loan words pronounced in Japanese. |
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05/20/2013 09:51:14 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
And why do we "go to" market, but not supermarket? |
I think in the former, it may be that "market" is originally used as a verb, as when the farmer goes to the public square to market his produce ... and also because it probably scans better in nursery rhymes ... :-) |
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05/21/2013 01:27:35 AM · #46 |
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05/21/2013 01:53:54 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by Mike:
i always wondered the same, which is the proper pronunciation? |
Depends on where you are.
One thing that I heard that was a bit odd was how Nikkor was pronounced in a TV commercial. Pronounced Nee-Kore, not Nick-or like I had always assumed it was pronounced (and oddly, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say Nikkor. It's always a Nikon lens). |
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05/21/2013 02:09:42 AM · #48 |
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05/23/2013 10:03:07 AM · #49 |
| What is the one word that all Rhodes Scholars pronounce wrong? |
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05/23/2013 10:15:37 AM · #50 |
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