dmr
Registered Abuser
How about "fresnel"? 
tomalophicon
Well-known
Frez Nul (with a u like in pudding)
Krosya
Konicaze
kossi008
Photon Counter
Oh yeah, let's get started on the french ones, they have always been difficult for me...
Fresnel is "frenel", with the stress on the second syllable, no?
Is there any french camera equipment actually?
Fresnel is "frenel", with the stress on the second syllable, no?
Is there any french camera equipment actually?
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
I say SUE-mick-ron and SUE-mil-lux. Brian Bower says sue-MY-cron.
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
no. german pronunciation is "bee"-ogon.
but everyone will understand the english interpretation of the word too, and that's what matters I guess.
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Krosya
Konicaze
Sure - there were many. I have seen some cool folders and TLRs. Plus some lenses.
I'd like to find a camera called Telka - cool folder in MF.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Now we can turn our mental powers to trying to understand what all those Australians are trying to say all the time (especially their PM)
As in 'Let stalk strine', an estimable guide to pronunciation: 'Let's talk Strine [Australian, with half the syllables swallowed)'.
Regional variations matter a lot. Ask anyone from Zurich (Zoo-ree), Leipzig (Lipe-sitch) or Mousehole (Mowzl, the 'ow' as in 'ouch'). I can vouch only for Mousehole, beng a Cornishman. Then again, my home village, St. Dennis, is (or often used to be) pronunced more like St. Denny's. But in France I refer to it as Sawn D'nnie -- I was always told, as a child, that it was a daughter parish of St. Denis outside Paris.
And there are always personal pronunciations, such as Buy-ogg'n for Biogon or Youppitair for Jupiter.
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
tlitody
Well-known
amachizzit mate?
menos
Veteran
I am a German. These are all traditional Gerrrrrman names. I would pronounce them the correct German way:
• Summicron/Summilux
Su like in super, but with soft "S" mi like in "me" (myself), the second m indicates a very short "m" cron with hard "k" and not rolling "r" Su-mmi-cron
The "-lux" is spelled like "looks" in "She looks good." - Very important!
• Voigtländer
Voi like in "forget", forget the "i" - it is not spelled out, just "fo-" … gt is both spelled hard "k" and hard "t" - länder is very similar to the english word "slender" without "s" in front
Voigt-län-der
• Ikon (ai-con? ekon?)
I like the english "e", but big, long and fat "I" kon is spelled like in "contract"
I-kon
• Zeiss
Z is spelled "tsss" ei like in "I" (I myself) ss like in "ssssssss", when air leaves your cars tire
Zei-ss
That's it for the Gerrrrrman lessssson. Hope, you liked it.
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
ok try this one:
"acht streichholzschächtelchen".
if you can say this correctly, you can pronounce every german word AND confuse everyone around you by telling them it's a subtle way to say "I love you".
"acht streichholzschächtelchen".
if you can say this correctly, you can pronounce every german word AND confuse everyone around you by telling them it's a subtle way to say "I love you".
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Steve_F
Well-known
No, I meant the English four-letter word describing... oh come on now, do I really have to spell it out?
Ha ha ha..... You piece-tacking fökker....
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
My personal most frequent photography mispronunciation, and probably with most North Americans, is Nikon.
I, and dare I say We, pronounce it "Neye-con". Eye as in your eye.
In every official Japanese company video I've seen, it's "Nee-con".
Interesting to me as I have never, ever, heard the Japanese pronunciation in the US.
I, and dare I say We, pronounce it "Neye-con". Eye as in your eye.
In every official Japanese company video I've seen, it's "Nee-con".
Interesting to me as I have never, ever, heard the Japanese pronunciation in the US.
bigeye
Well-known
"Fookedlanda" sounds more Birmingham to me.
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Steve_F
Well-known
Everyone I know in the UK including me pronounce Nikon N-I-Kon as N i(t) or as in 'is' -Kon.
So Nikon rhymes with Big Con..
So Nikon rhymes with Big Con..
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Kent, haha, yes I agree. I thought "Naikon" was weird when I first heard it, but now I say it that way when I speak English. "Naikon" actually "sounds right" at least in North American English (or just the US English?) conversation. I quickly switch back to "Nekon" when I talk to a Japanese person though. I wonder how other countires pronounce Nikon. Based on Ikon and other "I" names we discussed here, I assume "Japanese" way is more common in Europe?
BTW,
This is saying "Nikon."
http://suguru.net/public_images/nikon.m4a
This one is saying "Nikkor."
http://suguru.net/public_images/nikkor.m4a
Nippon Kogaku shortened the name and wanted to sound like "Ikon" of Zeiss so the name became Nikon.
BTW,
This is saying "Nikon."
http://suguru.net/public_images/nikon.m4a
This one is saying "Nikkor."
http://suguru.net/public_images/nikkor.m4a
Nippon Kogaku shortened the name and wanted to sound like "Ikon" of Zeiss so the name became Nikon.
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SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
yes Nikon and Canon are much closer to the japanese pronunciation for most people here
ZorkiKat
ЗоркийК&
Here, it has always been "Nee-kon". Only in rare occasions does the "Neye-kon" pronuncation come up.
frieri
Established
zice (in Germany, "ei" is always pronounced as a long "I." "ie" is pronounced as a long "e")
Foit-lander
Soo-mme-kron (or simply kron)
Soo-mme-lux (or simply lux)
Foit-lander
Soo-mme-kron (or simply kron)
Soo-mme-lux (or simply lux)