Has Everyone Been Mispronouncing "Leica" All These Years?

[NickTrop]

Consider...

Leitz (pronounced "lee-tz" Camera =
= LEItz + CAmera =
= Leica

Therefore, Leica should be pronounced leeca (Leitz), not lieca and everyone has been mispronouncing this name since, like, forever...

My ruling?

The correct pronunciation is of Leica is LEEca, not LIE-ca, since it is a concatenation of the first letters of the name "Leitz" - pronounced with a long "e", and the word "camera". You are to effect this change immediately.

 

[Griffin]

Whatever it is you're smoking, I'd like to try some.

 

[Keith]

Whatever it is you're smoking, I'd like to try some.

Add me to that list please! 😛

 

[pvdhaar]

You're only allowed to say Leica out loud if you can also pronounce eisenbahnknotenpunkthinundherschieber correctly..

 

[tunalegs]

Not sure that's how Leitz is said in German?

 

[johannielscom]

Writing about speaking, about phonetics while the word 'phonetics' doesn't even start with an 'f' is pretty senseless to me...

😀 😀 😀

 

[burancap]

I thought Leeca translated to RED DOT?

 

[Richard G]

Heiligen Geist. Mein Gott. Nein.

 

[Addy101]

Weird - Leica is pronounced Laica. I always pronounced it that way, just like in this German documentary. If you listen to the first 50 seconds, you will hear them say Leica (Laika) and Leitz Kamera (Laitz Kammera).

Why do you think Leitz is pronounced Leetz? That sounds more like the English city...

 

[drewbarb]

This thread wins the first rimshot award in a long time. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Nick,

No.

Cheers,

R.

 

[DamenS]

Late April Fools ?

 

[jbrianfoto]

I've heard several people (including one who worked for Nikon in New York) - pronounce Nikon as Nee-kon. Always throws me. Addidas is also pronounced weird (Ah-De-Das).

 

[wallace]

roll another one, just like the other one....

 

[Roger Hicks]

roll another one, just like the other one....

As in boe-gaehrt, not boe-gahrt...

Freundlich Gruessen,

R.

 

[Spavinaw]

Merciful heavens to Betsy (however you pronounce Betsy)! Based on recent events, I'd like to nominate my cousin as the worlds most sensitive person. I recently met a man with the first name "Navid"--pronounced Nuh-veed. Well, my cousin's name is "David". We've been calling him Day-vid" for over eighty years and he has been too sensitive of our feelings to correct us. Any other nominations?

 

[Elektrojänis]

I thought Leeca translated to RED DOT?

They should really change the company name to that red dot and then state that in spoken language and whenever it is not possible to produce the correct symbol, "The Camera Formerly Known as Leica" should be used instead.

 

[robert blu]

So expensive, so difficult to pronounce 😀
rob

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I didn't know what Leica has to be pronounced as Leitz 😎
Leica is pronounced as "Like A" 🙂

 

[btgc]

I've noticed there's a company LAICA, who sell home appliances and personal care products. These should be close relatives to another personal care company 😀