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2007-11-20 , 11:21
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Many pronounce the 'o' in 'golf' like the 'oo' in 'floor'.. which is probably the cause of the small confusion!
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2007-11-20 , 15:44
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
Yes, that's it! A much better way of writing it... thank you.

Nokia is correctly pronounced "knock'ya".

Another important issue dealt with.
Though we forgot to re-iterate, the stress is on "knock". Knock'ya.

And I just realized, many Americans pronounce "knock" more "naaak", which isn't right for "Nokia".

In my experience, in the USA, people say know-key-ah, with no particular stress. In the UK, people say knock-ee-ah, perhaps with a little stress on "ee".

The trouble with all this, is knowing and using the correct pronunciation doesn't endear you to anybody... It's like when I discovered that "forte" ("that's not my forte") should really be pronounced as "fort". If you do so, you're assumed to be an idiot, or perhaps worse, an annoying pedant (guilty).

Tangent upon off-topic tangent: "sorbet" has no business being pronounced without the 't' as if it's French. It comes from Turkish. But try asking for "sore-bet" (as it used to be pronounced), and you'll be assumed to be an ignorant hick.
 
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2007-11-20 , 16:01
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Well simply post the audio version of how you pronounce it

In Italian we pronounce it the way it's written and should be:

Noh-kee-ah

http://193.205.161.33/Nokia.mp3

But pronounce "Nike" in a totally different way (and Nike itself adapted to it here):

http://193.205.161.33/Nike.mp3
 
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2007-11-20 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by sping View Post
The trouble with all this, is knowing and using the correct pronunciation doesn't endear you to anybody... It's like when I discovered that "forte" ("that's not my forte") should really be pronounced as "fort". If you do so, you're assumed to be an idiot, or perhaps worse, an annoying pedant (guilty).
"forte" is italian and that's expression comes from our "questo è il mio forte" (the exact translation of "that's my forte").
The 'e' at the end is not so long as answers.com says.
It's way shorter.
 
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2007-11-20 , 20:44
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Adding to the confusion...
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2007-11-20 , 20:51
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My father-in-law calls his phone his "nookie" phone...;^)
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2007-11-20 , 21:15
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Originally Posted by deeteroderdas View Post
My father-in-law calls his phone his "nookie" phone...;^)
That's awesome! From now on my N800 will be known as my "Nookie Tablet". That'll keep my wife on her toes
 
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2007-11-20 , 22:37
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore View Post
I'm still awaiting the sound byte "My name is Dr. Ari Jaaksi, and I pronounce Nokia as Nokia"

("My name is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux as Linux")
LOL!!! Thanks!
 
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2007-11-21 , 02:06
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Originally Posted by jussik View Post
A greek goddess changed pronounciation of her name because of consumer pressure? Wow.

Ah... you got me (dang Wekipedia)

It must have been Joe Isuzu I was thinking about.
 
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