How do you say nikon

[chuckieland]

do you say it NI-Kon
or do you say NII-kon

i always say it NI Kon, because there is no letter a.e.i.o.u behind the I. and there is no E behine the K

but my friends say nikon is japanese company, so they say NIIKON as that is how nikon pronunaciate in japanese.
so which bring to the question, NI kon, or NIIKon?

 

[VBboy]

I check with Dictionary.com before I say *anything*.

 

[Zim Hosein]

NI-Kon, Val Kilmer said it that way

 

[ElFenix]

nye-con

 

[gopunk]

nye-con

 

[SnapIT]

Naikon

 

[Ranger X]

I say it like Nai-Kon.

 

[pray4mojo]

The majority of us would probably say NI-KON because we aren't japanese.

 

[ElFenix]

i'd like to point out that that is how their reps say it as well

 

[Sid59]

prolly Nai-kON .. but it's really pronounced knee-kon .. short o

 

[BurnItDwn]

I pronounce it wrong i think ... Nee-Kon

 

[dc]

knee-kon

 

[Soybomb]

every photographer i know says nye-con

 

[BennyD]

nye-con is like saying "plaastic" or "adeedas"

nick-on forever

 

[DougyDanger]

English speaking world...Nye-kon

The people who work, run, own the company...Knee-kon (a japanesse friend reminds me of this when we talk cameras)

 

[chuckieland]

ok, so i know in the future

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: gopunk
nye-con

 

[SgtBuddy]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
nye-con

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Ranger X
I say it like Nai-Kon.

 

[JWMiddleton]

Having spent 3 years in Japan, the "i" is pronounce as and "e" - nee' kon (knee-con). The same camera I bought in Japan was labeled Nikkon instead of Nikon.

 

[TerryMathews]

The actual Nikon lenses you buy here usually have Nikkon on the outer ring as well.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I love these 'how do you pronounce Sock, Cat, fish, armpit, otherPhrase' threads.


Nih-kon

 

[Doggiedog]

It's a Japanese company and I speak Japanese. It is pronounced Knee-Kon like others have said. Nye-Kon is the way Americans pronounce it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

N(eye)kon

 

[Wolverine27]

Nee Kon when I'm in Japan and Ny Kon when I'm in the U.S.