Nick-on or N-Icon - how do YOU pronounce it?

[Josh220]

British- Nick-on
American- Nye-con

I believe Japanese pronounce it Nee-kon

 

[kajiki]

ニコン

 

[Stock Photos]

Definitely N_Icon!

 

[Diana Rui]

I say nick-on

 

[WTF?]

nick-on for me.

 

[txphotog]

:raisedbrow: I've never heard anyone call it nick-on.....

Same here. I call it Nye-Con

 

[Hertz van Rental]

So let me get this straight.
You people go around saying 'Nikon' all the time and comparing pronunciation?
Jeez! You must have boring lives.
My advice is invest in a dictionary. Then you will find out that there are a lot more words you can say instead (most of which Americans mis-pronounce and mis-spell too)

 

[UUilliam]

So let me get this straight.
You people go around saying 'Nikon' all the time and comparing pronunciation?
Jeez! You must have boring lives.
My advice is invest in a dictionary. Then you will find out that there are a lot more words you can say instead (most of which Americans mis-pronounce and mis-spell too)

^ this guy has a point

Mum not mom
Arse not Ass (however ass sounds better.)
Honour not honor
Colour not color
Aluminium not Aluminum
etc...

 

[Plato]

Yes, Japanese pronunciation is as listed above ni = nee ko = koh n = n,with almost equal emphasis on on the "nee" and the "cone". I once asked a Japanese exchange student how to pronounce Nikon,and that is what she told me.

In videos made by people from the UK and Australia, I have repeatedly heard the brand name pronounced it NICK-on.

Most Americans pronounce it NYE-con.

I still sometimes think of Nikon as Nippon Kogaku, or Japan Camera. You know, the company that made all of the lenses for Canon's first three years' worth of 35mm cameras.

There was a U.S. ad not long ago (possibly introducing the D80 but I can't remember) where the announcer's first pronunciation was Nee-kon but subsequent pronunciations were all NYE-kon. I guess he caught himself!

 

[JamesMason]

My advice is invest in a dictionary. Then you will find out that there are a lot more words you can say instead (most of which Americans mis-pronounce and mis-spell too)

Heres some to get you started

Banana
Tomato
Trousers
Lift
Boot
Colour

 

[UUilliam]

Spelling differences between British and American English

I just noticed... I spell 70% of my words, In american format.

Some of the comparisons are rubbish E.g. bank - Banque - I have never heard ANYONE spell bank as banque, I have heard of Banquet however but it has a total different meaning.

 

[JamesMason]

And different word meanings List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hertz van Rental]

I have heard of Banquet

Isn't that what you put on your bed to keep warm?

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Banquet

My mistake. I've just looked it up and it means 'a small bank'.
You learn something new every day.

 

[JamesMason]

A banquet is a feast isnt it ?