Pronunciation of Nikon

Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On, but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon. I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

"Justin Thyme" writes:

Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On, but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon. I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?

Filthy americans. If cornered, they'll pull out an american dictionary
article that claims, without any evidence or docuemented usage, that
it was really a British usage so they can wash their hands of
it. Don't be misled.

Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

The *******s just took tech-pan away, too.

B

"Justin Thyme" writes:

Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On, but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon. I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?

Filthy americans. If cornered, they'll pull out an american dictionary
article that claims, without any evidence or docuemented usage, that
it was really a British usage so they can wash their hands of
it. Don't be misled.

Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

The *******s just took tech-pan away, too.

B

In article ,
Bruce Murphy writes:

The *******s just took tech-pan away, too.

Stan You killed Tech _an - you *******s.

CartmanScrew you guys I'm going kodachrome...

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http://www.petezilla.co.uk

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
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Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On,
but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon.
I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

Yes.
It's Nigh-con in the US.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
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Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On,
but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked
out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon.
I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

Yes.
It's Nigh-con in the US.



If you call Nigh-con USA, they will tell you that they sell Nick-or-mat
lenses. Go figure! What I want to know is how the Japanese pronounce it.

Scott

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
...
Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On,
but today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked
out the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon.
I'm wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

When the "brand" was introduced many years ago by the Japanese, they sought
to capitalize on the best camera brand at the time-- Zeiss-Ikon. So the
pronounciation was similar-- "eye-con."

Dan'l.

"Justin Thyme" wrote in message
...
Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On,
but today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked
out the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon.
I'm wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

When the "brand" was introduced many years ago by the Japanese, they sought
to capitalize on the best camera brand at the time-- Zeiss-Ikon. So the
pronounciation was similar-- "eye-con."

Dan'l.

Justin Thyme wrote:
Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On, but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon. I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)

The Japanese pronounciation is Knee-cohn
The American's pronouce it Nighk-on

Of course, Americans pronounce Chile as chilly instead of 'Chee-layh,'
'karaoke' (kah-rah-oh-keh) as 'carry-okee' and 'sake' (sah-keh) as
sack-ee. Of course there is always hara kiri (hah-rah kee-ree) which
gets turned into harry carry, and kami kaze (kah-mee kah-zeh) which gets
turned into kama kazi (kah-mah kah-zee) No matter what 'you' chose to
call Nikon, someone will say you are wrong. )

It's probably best to stick with the old saw of 'when in Rome...'
otherwise people won't know what you are talking about!

Steve Kramer
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com
--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust

In article , Justin Thyme wrote:
Just curious about this... Everyone I've ever met pronounces it Nick-On, but
today was listening to "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, and finally worked out
the lyrics to the line "I've got a Nikon camera". The thing that had
initially confused me about the lyrics was his pronunciation - Nigh-kon. I'm
wondering if this is the normal american pronunciation?
Justin (annoyed that Kodak Australia took Kodachrome away)


The U.S. pronunciation is like you said, but I thought the Japanese was
more like knee-kawn.

Geoff.


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