[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="Teenaged"][QUOTE="Paladin_King"]what the heck? I'm from Canada and over there it's Nye-key as well. Are you guys actually saying no second syllable? I've honestly never even heard that.Hungry_bunny
How to you spell "bike"? Bye-Key? No, but "bike" isn't a borrowed proper name from Greek... here's a bit more on the sporting goods company, including their pronunciationAw man, this is almost as big of a shock as the time I learned that "Porsche" is pronounced "por-schuh" Yes, but as porsche is a german company, every letter in the word is pronounced, but on the contrary, Nike is an american company where only main phonics are pronounced, like bike etc. If bike was Bike in German It would be pronounced Bikeh
I'm Francophone, but all the Allophones and Anglophones I've known from here have said it the same. I only heard it differently in some places outside of the province.
AngeldeLys
Allophones and Anglophones = French Speakers and English Speakers?
Not quite...
Francophone = French as a first language
Anglophone = English as a first language
Allophone = Other language as a first language
Ahh, now i understand, So i'm Anglophone but I speak french too. makes it sound like im smart lol
[QUOTE="Teenaged"][QUOTE="Paladin_King"]what the heck? I'm from Canada and over there it's Nye-key as well. Are you guys actually saying no second syllable? I've honestly never even heard that.xaos
How to you spell "bike"? Bye-Key? No, but "bike" isn't a borrowed proper name from Greek... here's a bit more on the sporting goods company, including their pronunciation I got up to beaverton and started laughing and closed the page sadly
[QUOTE="Paladin_King"]what the heck? I'm from Canada and over there it's Nye-key as well. Are you guys actually saying no second syllable? I've honestly never even heard that.AngeldeLys
Where in Canada are you from? Maybe it's a regional accent thing.
I'm Francophone, but all the Allophones and Anglophones I've known from here have said it the same. I only heard it differently in some places outside of the province.
Allophones and Anglophones = French Speakers and English Speakers?
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