How do you pronounce Nikkor?

<p>Is it "Nick-kor" or "Ny-kor?" I'm going with the latter.</p>

<p>Interesting topic ^_^<br /> <br />I say "Nick-kor", with a slight North American French accent.</p>

<p>In English, double consonants usually signal that the previous vowel is short. That rule would make it "Nick-kor." But what do most people say? I have no idea. I've noticed the Brits pronounce Nikon "Knee-con" and Americans say "Ny-kon." What do the Japanese say?</p>

<p>I believe the Japanese say "Nee-kon" for the company. This from a friend who spent a lot of business time there. So I presume that would mean they say "Nee-kor".</p>

<p>The closest to how it would be pronounced in Japanese would be to say "knee core" with the first sound spoken short and with stress.</p>

<p>The intended pronounciation is "Nick-kor", but with the accent on "o" not "i".</p>

<p>We Japanese prononce Nikon just as spelled with short "i" as in the words like "sit", "kit" or "pit". The accent is on "i".</p>

<p>Hoe this helps.</p>

<p>I've always pronounced it " ny-cor". And my Nikkormat is a ny-cor-mat. You say "nick or mat", I say "ny cor mat".</p>

<p>Don't mean to troll, but I'd like to quote The Monty Python in favor of the "Nee" pronunciation trend:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQfGd3G6dg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQfGd3G6dg</a> <-- The knights who say Ni sketch</p>

<p>For me, it's Nick-or-mat, Nigh-kon, and Nigh-kkor.</p>

<p>we went through this not long ago... what was wrong with the conclusions of that discussion?</p>

<p>Now, I'm not so sure on how to pronounce Canon. Is it Kah-non or Kay-non?</p>

<p>"knee-core"</p>

<p>I've always pronounced it, nick-core, with the accent on the first sylable. For the record, I live in Louisiana, originally from New Orleans.</p>

<p>Those TV commercials with Ashton Kucher, say Knee-core, so I am certainly not following that.</p>

<p>N(eye)-kor</p>

<p>"I've got a Neye-con camera. <br>

I love to take photographs<br>

Oh Mama don't take my Kodachrome away"</p>

<p>And I use Neye-core lenses. :) </p>

<p>I like Wayne's answer...</p>

<p >"we went through this not long ago... what was wrong with the conclusions of that discussion?"--William Pahnelas</p>

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<p >The fact that no one pays any atteintion to what a native speaker explains. (lol)</p>

<p>should be the japanese pronunciation or whatever is closest to it ---- mark and akira put them in words well!</p>

<p>Like a Swede, except for when I do that most have no idea what I'm saying so I have to go the "American" route. ;)<br>

I've been told that the Swedish pronunciation is very close to the Japanese. But what do I know. ;-)</p>

<p>Mentioning Swedish pronunciation makes me think about that problably very few know how to pronunce "Hasselblad".<br>

BTW I have always said "Nick-kor".</p>

<p>Nigh-corps.</p>

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<p>The fact that no one pays any atteintion to what a native speaker explains. (lol)</p>

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<p>Akira, I am afraid that the question is "How do you pronounce 'Nikkor'?" instead of what the correct (Japanese) pronunciation should be. Moreover, if people just accept your pronunciation, there will be nothing else to discuss/debate.</p>

<p>Shun, no need to worry. You should know that because you quoted my post INCLUDING the emoticon at the end! :)</p>

<p>From my first Nikkormat FTN c 1970 I would meet people that called it both the "ni kor mat" ,"knee kor mat" and the<br>

"nick or mat". And I've never known which is correct?</p>

<p>Nee-korr for me - but I'm from Scandinavia ;)</p>