[rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
- From: chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:48:48 +0100
And now for a bad pun - I want to say my 'eyes' are 'rolling' reading this
discussion... :-)
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Richard Sintchak <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> This reminds me of the Lie-ka/Lee-ka and Ny-kon/Knee-kon arguments I see on
> the other threads!
>
>
> On 5/28/08, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The term "Rollei" was used for the first time to name
>> the "Rolleidoscop", the stereo camera that used roll
>> film, the prototypes were named "Roll-hei-doscop" but
>> marketing people at F&H did not like the way it
>> sounded and then production cameras were called
>> Rolleidoscop, BTW "Hei" and "ei" come from
>> "Hei-decke"; ei pronounced eye in English.
>>
>> Carlos
>>
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