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09/08/2007 08:41:32 PM · #76 |
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09/08/2007 09:22:27 PM · #77 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Paul Simon says he's "got a Nigh-kon camera."
And by the way, my last name, "Lehmann" is pronounced "Lee-men", but even the loudspeaker blokes in Schipol got it wrong and you'd think they would know! ;-) |
Well, it would depend which Lehmann family you belonged to. I knew someone who pronounced his name "Lay-men". |
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09/08/2007 09:29:03 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by Pug-H:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
Paul Simon says he's "got a Nigh-kon camera."
And by the way, my last name, "Lehmann" is pronounced "Lee-men", but even the loudspeaker blokes in Schipol got it wrong and you'd think they would know! ;-) |
Well, it would depend which Lehmann family you belonged to. I knew someone who pronounced his name "Lay-men". |
Heh, well, that's kinda the joke. We've done gone been Americanized.
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09/08/2007 10:42:26 PM · #79 |
| Are you serious!! Have NEVER heard of anything but Nikon (Rhyme with Nick). Never even heard of any other pronunciations until now. |
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09/08/2007 10:45:53 PM · #80 |
Is there even such a word. I mean, in the Photographic World...there is only one word....CANON!!
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09/08/2007 10:49:02 PM · #81 |
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09/08/2007 10:50:52 PM · #82 |
Hehehehe...thanks Monique. I have heard the different pronunciations of the word...but regardless...it still means the same thing....'inferior to the mighty CANON'!!
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09/08/2007 10:59:27 PM · #83 |
| Nikon is a Japanese company and the name is pronounced as the Japanese would say it "Nick - on" Both the i and o are short vowels. |
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09/09/2007 05:22:56 PM · #84 |
"knee con" "N eye con"
Whatever, I just give my a camera it's own name... D50 "Mr. N" :D
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09/09/2007 05:33:02 PM · #85 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Hehehehe...thanks Monique. I have heard the different pronunciations of the word...but regardless...it still means the same thing....'inferior to the mighty CANON'!! |
Funny, Nikon is selling more cameras than Canon at the moment.
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09/09/2007 05:41:09 PM · #86 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
Originally posted by Judi:
Hehehehe...thanks Monique. I have heard the different pronunciations of the word...but regardless...it still means the same thing....'inferior to the mighty CANON'!! |
Funny, Nikon is selling more cameras than Canon at the moment. |
Yeah...that just goes to show which brand lasts longer.....
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09/09/2007 05:41:42 PM · #87 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Hehehehe...thanks Monique. I have heard the different pronunciations of the word...but regardless...it still means the same thing....'inferior to the mighty CANON'!! |
Heard anything bout the D3 lately?
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I say Nigh-kon, and everyone I know that shoots Nikon (amateurs, reps, pros) says it that way as well, but I know thats technically incorrect... |
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09/09/2007 05:43:41 PM · #88 |
Originally posted by 4ROGGYCHEF:
is it knee con --- or -- N eye con??
myself and a teacher were discussing this and she said in the english language it would be Neyecon and I said but the camera is probably foreign made -- asia probably and that might be KneeCon????????? Help??? |
Before reading any replies -- in the USA it is "Nye-Con" At least that's how the company pronounces it in their commercials.
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09/09/2007 06:55:39 PM · #89 |
Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
Originally posted by 4ROGGYCHEF:
is it knee con --- or -- N eye con??
myself and a teacher were discussing this and she said in the english language it would be Neyecon and I said but the camera is probably foreign made -- asia probably and that might be KneeCon????????? Help??? |
Before reading any replies -- in the USA it is "Nye-Con" At least that's how the company pronounces it in their commercials. |
This is true... |
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09/09/2007 06:58:08 PM · #90 |
Oh man oh man! Makes me want one even more. I can't save the money fast enough... |
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09/09/2007 06:58:37 PM · #91 |
| The Japanese call it Ni-Ko-N (knee-kon) so I guess that would have to be correct, after all, they make the things |
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09/09/2007 07:00:17 PM · #92 |
They should tell the advertising guys they hired here in the US then...all the commercials over here say "Nigh Kon"
Originally posted by MAK:
The Japanese call it Ni-Ko-N (knee-kon) so I guess that would have to be correct, after all, they make the things |
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09/09/2007 07:20:09 PM · #93 |
This isn't even bad.
Look at the fun that was had with Hyundai. |
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09/09/2007 07:31:00 PM · #94 |
Japanese was my college major, and I worked at the Embassy of Japan for two years in the US and for the Japanese government for a year over there. Nikon? The real, Japanese, pronunciation is "Knee-Kohn". Canon? "Kah-Nohn". Honda? "Hohn-dah" with a long "o". But I pronounce them all by the anglicized versions when I'm here (US).
And just for sheetz and giggles? Bokeh is "boh-kay". |
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09/09/2007 07:49:57 PM · #95 |
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09/09/2007 07:50:40 PM · #96 |
Originally posted by Jason_Cross:
I just call it "good". |
For what? ;oP |
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09/09/2007 09:55:39 PM · #97 |
| You name it, it can do it. |
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09/09/2007 09:59:57 PM · #98 |
Originally posted by noraneko:
Japanese was my college major, and I worked at the Embassy of Japan for two years in the US and for the Japanese government for a year over there. |
This explains your username. I always used to wonder why did you put nihonized name |
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09/09/2007 10:28:56 PM · #99 |
Originally posted by noraneko:
And just for sheetz and giggles? Bokeh is "boh-kay". |
...No, it's bo-ke, not bo-ke-i.
(sukoshi nihongo ga wakarimashita. san nen manabu koutougakkou desu)
I can dig through my dictionaries, but I won't even pretend to be fluent in sentence structure. :p |
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09/09/2007 10:37:53 PM · #100 |
Originally posted by chimericvisions:
Originally posted by noraneko:
And just for sheetz and giggles? Bokeh is "boh-kay". |
...No, it's bo-ke, not bo-ke-i.
(sukoshi nihongo ga wakarimashita. san nen manabu koutougakkou desu)
I can dig through my dictionaries, but I won't even pretend to be fluent in sentence structure. :p |
sukoshi nihongo ga wakaru , ...
Message edited by author 2007-09-09 22:42:17. |
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