dynamisoz Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I know this may be a silly question, but how do you pronounce NIKON...<br> I pronounce it "Nai-kon" but also notice some others pronouncing it<br> "Nee-Kon" <br> Is there a correct way to pronounce it. </p> <p>I quess if your japanese, you would know the correct way to pronounce it....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Well, I just saw a Nikon television ad the other day. THEY were saying "Nai-kon", but were pronouncing Nikkor (as in the lenses) "Nih-kore". Of course, that was television. Nothing makes it through that thing intact.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldrich Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Nai-kon...thats how it's pronounced on their TV ads and if you call live support.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>In Japanese (and I think in every other language but English) it's Ne-kon (don't know how to do phonetics in English but ..)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_margolis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>On the west side of the Big Pond, most say Nai-kon. However, I met a UK chap who said it was Nee-kon. I dunno, maybe it's a <em>to-may-toes/to-ma-toes</em> kind of thing........</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_brown4 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Scratching head... how do you pronounce Nai-kon and Nih-kore?</p> <p>Where I live, we say nigh-con and nick-or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Have a look at:</p> <p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon</p> <p>Nikon was an acronym of Nippon Kogaku and in Japanese is certainly pronounced Nih-kon, as it is in almost any language I can think of. But in the US most people say Nai-kon; but, then, many people in the States also say "Ai-raq" and "Ai-ran" for Iraq and Iran, not to speak of people who say "Ai-talian" -- all of which sound equally absurd to me.</p> <p>--Mitch/Paris</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_gerbehy1 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I say it the same as Paul Simon sings in the song "<strong>Kodachrome</strong>". Soon people will be asking what Kodachrome is?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmroc Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I've watched the Nikon Digitutors, and they say Knee-Con(silent K like body part)<br />But here in southern New England, It's NI(Long I sound) Con...lol</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nina_myers Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I say Nee-kon and Nee-kor, because I live in Taiwan.<br> In my experience, i've only heard North Americans say Nai-kon and Nick-or.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_angel Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>[ni:kon=]. The "i" vowel like "beet". The "o" vowel not so closed nor posterior at all. Spain`s spanish.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leif_goodwin8 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>In Japan, I think it is Neekon. In the US the first vowel is a long 'i' as in tie, lie, bye. In the UK, the first vowel is a short 'i' as in pit and tip.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_keane2 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>It's like Hyundai, which should be pronounced HY-YUN-DI, but in the US is pronounced, even in the ads, as HUNDAY...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_cochran Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>When I attended the Nikon School of Photography many years ago, that was one of the pressing questions that I wanted the answer to. The instructors, like Paul Simon, pronounced Nikon so that the first syllable has the same vowel as "night", while Nikkor and Nikkormat (shows you how long ago I attended) were pronounced with the first syllable of "Nick", as nickname. This was in St. Louis, MO, USA. I believe other pronunciations are acceptable, especially in non-US countries, but after that school, I used the instructors' pronunciations with confidence.</p> <p>You say Knee-con, I say Nigh-con, let's call the whole thing off.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Everywhere except Anglophone countries, it's usually Nee-kon, as people say.</p> <p>However,</p> <blockquote> <p>I met a UK chap who said it was Nee-kon</p> </blockquote> <p>is astonishing given that BBC and all pronounce everything in English style : Nazi as Naa-zie, Nicaragua as Nih-kar-aag-you-ah. ;)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Ah, people driving their Jag-u-ars on the wrong side of the road on their way to the camera shop to pick up a Neekon!<br /><br />One has to have a sense of humor about such things when one has a last name that is never pronounced correctly (curse that Matt Lauer on television - he's the bane of my existence!). All I ask is that it's spelled correctly when made out on a check. I suspect that the good people at Nikon feel much the same way - pronounce it however you like, as long as you don't pronounce it "Canon."</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljuddakalilknyttphotogra Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Well, being the Swede I am.... And since I have yet to meet an American who can even pronounce my name.... I pronounce Nikon with a Swedish i - just like I do my name.<br> I bet Jose & I pronounce Nikon the same way. I always had an easy time with Spanish Catalan which is what we're taught in Sweden. Cause it's so straight forward for me to pronounce. So that's what I do.</p> <p>Phonetics - - I'm dyslectic - don't expect me to learn phonetics as well. That's what really messed me up in Grammar school...</p> <p>Lil :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I used to know this pretentious putz that always pronounced it NEE-CONE but he was the only one. If the demo guys that used to come around to the camera stores (whatever happened to them!) said it as Nai-con thats good enough for me.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seismiccwave Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I drive my Porsch from Ai-rag to Ai-ran with my Naikon on my side.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Nai-kon sounds about as h-ai-larious as Sw-ai-ss watch would - even in Amer-ai-ca.<br /> I use the same -i- sound as in the words I butchered above - so it sounds like Nee-kon and Nee-kkor.</p> <p>D-ai-eter</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudspeth Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I use the Nik sound with my Nik-ormat and my Nik-kors as well as my Nik-on D3. I also have been told by a Persian that the country Iran is pronounced Ear-on.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>With a sharp "i" sound.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_poel Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Canadian here. Everyone I've talked to, be it friends or the local photo stores, say nahy-kawn and nik-kor (nahy is the IPA pronunciation of "nigh".)<br> This is how the Japanese pronounce it: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikon.ogg">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikon.ogg</a><br> This sheds some more light as well: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty_mickan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>I used to work for Hyundai and the Koreans tought me to say it correctly...hee - oon - day.<br> Nikon is pronounced nee - kon. The North Americans say it wrong.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_mabbutt Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 <p>Earlier this year at my local camera club the local Nikon rep said "nigh-kon", but the official company product video clips he played said "nee-kon", so I assume it's officially the latter.</p> <p>"Pentax" is just so much easier :p</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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