Toe-may-toe, Toe-mah-toe?

[Alan Gales]

Paul Simon said "nye-kon". That's enough for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU

I always loved that song but it's kind of sad now since there is no more Kodachrome.

 

[Alan Gales]

Sy-nar, Sin-nar or See-nar?

 

[Steve Smith]

Carnoon, cannon, canone?

 

[tkamiya]

You pronounce it differently when you're in the USA? How do you say it here?

Thanks for the insight!

Shawn

Yes, I do.

When I am in US, (I live here in Florida, US) I say "NaiKon" like everybody says.
If I am speaking to Japanese folks, I say "KneeCon" but "ee" is actually NOT a long "e" as in "knee"... but short "e" as in "each"

I pretty much pronounce all Japanese names and words as most Americans do. Not only does it prevent me from needing to explain/repeat every time, it's actually easier to say it in middle of English sentences. I am not a linguist so I cannot explain why but it's true.

Strangely enough, I also pronounce my own name differently. Again, it's easier for me to say it and easier for people to hear it.

 

[tkamiya]

Does anyone actually know someone who says PO-TAH-TO?

 

[MattKing]

Does anyone actually know someone who says PO-TAH-TO?

Roger Hicks?

 

[Chris Lange]

No, but my grandmother (first generation american after her parents came to the US from Ireland in early 1900s), says vegetables like "vegi-tables"...tables as in dining room table.

 

[one90guy]

We say tater

David

 

[TheToadMen]

I just asked my camera what to call it and it said:
"clunck"

 

[Shawn Dougherty]

Yes, I do.

When I am in US, (I live here in Florida, US) I say "NaiKon" like everybody says.
If I am speaking to Japanese folks, I say "KneeCon" but "ee" is actually NOT a long "e" as in "knee"... but short "e" as in "each"

I pretty much pronounce all Japanese names and words as most Americans do. Not only does it prevent me from needing to explain/repeat every time, it's actually easier to say it in middle of English sentences. I am not a linguist so I cannot explain why but it's true.

Strangely enough, I also pronounce my own name differently. Again, it's easier for me to say it and easier for people to hear it.

Thank you for that! I find this sort of thing incredibly interesting.

 

[Steve Smith]

Thank you for that! I find this sort of thing incredibly interesting.

So do I... but we're probably just weird!


Steve.

 

[KenS]

We say tater

David

... and those of us from country of the haggis just call em 'spuds'.

Ken

 

[removed account4]

Thank you for that! I find this sort of thing incredibly interesting.

+1 !

Does anyone actually know someone who says PO-TAH-TO?

thurston p howell III

 

[eclarke]

Toe-may-toe, Toe-mah-toe..We say ketchup..or RZ or M7II or 645 AF...ad nauseum.

 

[djgeorgie]

Hmm. I thought the power tool guys had it rough. I properly say Ryobi as Ree-oh-bee

 

[whowantstoast]

I searched for Bronica on Forvo. Sadly, no one says it at all.

 

[Buje]

No, but my grandmother (first generation american after her parents came to the US from Ireland in early 1900s), says vegetables like "vegi-tables"...tables as in dining room table.

My auntie said "veg-a-bul".

 

[tkamiya]

I searched for Bronica on Forvo. Sadly, no one says it at all.

It's Bu (as in _Bu_s), Ro (as in _Ro_man), Ni (as in _Nei_ther), Ka (as in _Cu_t)

Pronounce BuRoNiKa like that, two letters at a time as one sound, and without any accent or emphasis anywhere and you'll get it very close.

 

[lxdude]

As for toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe: I say too-may-toe. And then there those who say tuh-may-duh.

And I say mah-mee'-ya. It's hard to say it correctly without it sounding like mommy-yuh. Which sounds weird. "I have a mommy-yuh." "This is my mommy-yuh."

 

[benjiboy]

"Toe-may-toe, Toe-mah-toe? ", let's call the whole thing off

 

[Terry Christian]

I say Bronica as BRAH-nih-kuh, that is, rhyming with Hanukkah.

And then there's yuh-SHEE-kuh.

Calling my FED-2 cameras lay-kuhs would actually be a neat play on words, given the Soviet space monkey.

 

[Steve Smith]

And I say mah-mee'-ya. It's hard to say it correctly without it sounding like mommy-yuh. Which sounds weird. "I have a mommy-yuh." "This is my mommy-yuh."

In England that would be "Mummy-yuh".


Steve.

 

[cliveh]

Robert Doisneau - Robert Dwarn-o (BBC Prununciation).

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I say Bronica as BRAH-nih-kuh, that is, rhyming with Hanukkah.

And then there's yuh-SHEE-kuh.

Calling my FED-2 cameras lay-kuhs would actually be a neat play on words, given the Soviet space monkey.

Laika:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

 

[Shawn Dougherty]

So do I... but we're probably just weird!


Steve.

I don't think there's any "probably" about it.