[rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:45:04 -0700
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From: "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Pronunciation
I have only heard it pronounced phonetically "nikon",
with a short i like in "pill" in the UK, as in Japan,
same in France and everywhere else I have been except
the US. Nyecon seems uniquely American.
Frank
--- jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
This is because someone thought it was the "correct"
pronunciation and Americans think we are yahoos and don't
want to appear to be ignorant. OTOH, the Brits just say it
the way it looks except for British names like
Featherstonehough which is pronounced "Chumley".
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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