Years ago, only tacky immigrant Asian women would say nikey, now the even the news anchors are saying it like that. What's going on?
It is NIKE, NOT nikey
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 19, 2022 4:52 PM |
It's pronounced "nikey" OP. Or, to be specific "naiki."
From the Greek Goddess of victory.
[quote]In Greek mythology, Nike (naɪki); Ancient Greek: Νίκη, lit. 'victory', ancient: (nǐː.kɛː), modern: (ˈni.ci) was a goddess who personified victory in any field including art, music, war, and athletics.[1] She is often portrayed in Greek art as Winged Victory in the motion of flight;
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 16, 2022 2:57 AM |
OP bless your heart
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 16, 2022 2:58 AM |
Porsche
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 16, 2022 3:00 AM |
You say Ah-dee-das and I say Add-i-das,
Let’s call the whole thing off!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 16, 2022 3:02 AM |
"This is not ok"
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 16, 2022 3:07 AM |
Just call it made in China.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 16, 2022 3:09 AM |
The old Nike missile sites (we had one in the middle of a subdivision) were pronounced NiKEY.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 16, 2022 3:15 AM |
Versayse.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 16, 2022 3:25 AM |
thank you r3 , it is PORSCHE not Portia
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 16, 2022 3:25 AM |
I take it that OP has never heard of the Ancient Greek Winged Goddess of Victory?
The one that the company was named after?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 16, 2022 3:35 AM |
I've only heard it pronounced with one syllable by UK speakers. In the US, it's always been two syllables. And since it's a US company, I think they get to decide how to pronounce it.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 16, 2022 4:36 AM |
Great post, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 16, 2022 4:39 AM |
Rinse or No Rinse?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 16, 2022 5:28 AM |
It's pronounced rin-SAY, R14
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 16, 2022 5:31 AM |
Ugh whatev R1, your post sounds like farty gaslight
you probably edit that whole wiki entry just to sling mud
sad
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 16, 2022 5:36 AM |
Those who know
Say, "Brigitte Bardot"
Those who forgot
Say, "Brigitte Bardot"
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 16, 2022 5:39 AM |
The man who founded the company (Phil Knight) calls it "NY-key," OP.
Since it's his company, everyone who works for the company pronounces it that way.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 16, 2022 6:13 AM |
well, he is stupid and wrong r19
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 16, 2022 6:16 AM |
R20 No, clearly it is you who are stupid and wrong. Why would you, despite all evidence to the contrary, continue to think that Nike is a one-syllable name? It never was and never will be.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 16, 2022 6:28 AM |
Stupid and wrong got him a zillion dollars, I wish I was that stupid and wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 16, 2022 2:08 PM |
In most of the world, it's pronounced Niyk-ee. According to the Greek νίκη (niyk-ee).
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 16, 2022 2:15 PM |
I'll add JagUr and Santandare.
Really? Nobody is falling for these dumb/pretentious pronunciations.
And let's take back Neanderthal and Appalachia while we're at it.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 16, 2022 2:47 PM |
In the US, it's been nikey for as long as I've been aware of the brand
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 16, 2022 2:50 PM |
This is as bad as how British people pronounce jalapeños: jah-LAP-in-os
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 16, 2022 3:28 PM |
Yes r26, let's compare pronunciations.
It's definitely 'Squrl' and 'Mirr'.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 16, 2022 3:48 PM |
Brits also fuck up names: they mispronounce Barack Obama's first name as "Barrick"; and I once took some Brit podcasters to task for mispronouncing the last name of José Ferrer and Mel Ferrer -- they were saying "FAIR-er," so I sent them a link to interviews with José, Mel, and even Sean Ferrer (the son of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer) pronouncing the name as "Fuh-RARE" but they continued to mispronounce it.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 16, 2022 3:50 PM |
OP - how does one pronounce Haute Couture? Thank you in advance.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 16, 2022 3:58 PM |
Americans get to decide how to pronounce our city names, R26. Yet, many British speakers use the odd pronounciation of Los AN-gel-eez (rhymes with bees). If we pronounced their place names differently, insisting we were right, they wouldn't like it.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 16, 2022 4:03 PM |
England is a shithole these days, so I’m not going to bother them about this.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 16, 2022 4:10 PM |
[quote] thank you [R3] , it is PORSCHE not Portia
In German the final E would be pronounced. Perhaps not as strongly as in Portia but it’s still not one syllable.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 16, 2022 4:10 PM |
Fragile or frajeelay, Op?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 16, 2022 4:14 PM |
Nike IS pronounced NY-kee
Deal with it, OP.
That's how it was said thirty plus years ago in THEIR commercials. Named after the Goddess of Triumph. The Greeks called her Nike--pronounced Ny-kee.
Are you ten years old? Just asking.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 16, 2022 4:18 PM |
How much do you weigh, OP? Maybe high blood pressure has damaged the carotid arteries and vertebral arteries to your brain. SAD!
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 16, 2022 4:20 PM |
Click on the link and listen to the American and other pronunciations, all of which are standard, correct and two syllables, OP, you illiterate Language-Karen.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 16, 2022 4:21 PM |
NO, r35, I will NOT deal wit it, we are speaking English , which is from ENGLAND so the English way of saying it is more right
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 16, 2022 5:16 PM |
It's always been Nikey. Good Lord.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 16, 2022 5:26 PM |
OP needs to get back to eating his Funny-Ons and Door-it-ohs. Door-it-ohs are made from torte-ill-ahs.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 16, 2022 5:31 PM |
OP is our resident retard.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 16, 2022 5:41 PM |
I guess it's the American way. There's so many more pressing matters at hand. We have a spy running around with nuclear secrets!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 16, 2022 5:41 PM |
I prefer to pronounce it niqué, much closer to the original French.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 16, 2022 5:43 PM |
r33, thank you- I always thought that it was an Italian brand.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 16, 2022 5:59 PM |
I’ll tell them the next time I meet with them.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | August 16, 2022 6:01 PM |
We need to ask Brazilian porn star Wesley Nike how he pronounces it.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 16, 2022 6:47 PM |
[quote] how does one pronounce Haute Couture
Hot Cooter?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 16, 2022 6:57 PM |
I like Nike!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 16, 2022 6:59 PM |
JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 16, 2022 7:01 PM |
W&W, r47.
You made me laugh, audibly.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 16, 2022 7:01 PM |
🎵 I likey likey likey
🎵to ride my bikey in my Nikes
Hey! I wrote a song!! Sure, it's Madonna-level songwriting at best (3rd grade reading level, repetitive rhyming).
But it's a song!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 16, 2022 7:28 PM |
Ralph Laur-REN!
by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 16, 2022 7:57 PM |
[quote] well, he is stupid and wrong r19
How can he be wrong when it's his company? His company is pronounced the way he pronounces it--that's all there is to it when it's his company.
It's like saying people who live in Detroit or Des Moines or Duluth are wrong for pronouncing the name in the Americanized way they do and not in the French way, even though those city names are based on French names.
You're the one who sounds really stupid, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 16, 2022 9:04 PM |
Des Moines means “some of these Moines.”
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 16, 2022 9:05 PM |
I think the OP is a racist trying to get white people in trouble by having them go to "those" shoe stores to order a pair of Nigs.
Not cool, OP. Shame on you.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 16, 2022 9:08 PM |
But R51, do you like to singy, singy, singy, like a bird on the wingy, wingy, wingy?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 16, 2022 9:17 PM |
[quote]But [R51], do you like to singy, singy, singy, like a bird on the wingy, wingy, wingy?
I do! I also like to rhumba rhumba rhumba, and dance to a samba samba samba.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 17, 2022 5:18 AM |
r51 well, the last part doesn't rhyme, dear
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 17, 2022 5:22 AM |
[quote[R51] well, the last part doesn't rhyme, dear
99% of posters disagree with you. Dear.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | August 17, 2022 4:50 PM |
Op is trolling for jokes. This made me smile. Keep it up OP and I'll fuck you senseless.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 17, 2022 4:51 PM |
Farty Gaslight sounds like an Edwardian villain.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 17, 2022 4:54 PM |
[quote]I will NOT deal wit it, we are speaking English , which is from ENGLAND so the English way of saying it is more right
Nike is a Greek word, so it doesn't matter how the English pronounce it. The Greek way of saying it "is more right."
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 18, 2022 12:12 AM |
well, until Greece fix their debt to GDP, England is still the superior country, so whatever the English says , go
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 18, 2022 5:55 AM |
AL u MIN E um
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 18, 2022 1:40 PM |
R23 English speakers have a hard time pronouncing the vowels comprising "Nike". Plus, it's sort of American culture to not even try but just incorporate things and do them the American way. Even news anchors barely try to pronounce foreign names correctly. This said, "Naikey" or similar maybe cultureless but fits in well with a sports brand with no morals who even proacrically stole the intellectual property of the logo, named Carolyn Davidson.
[quote] This symbol, one that helped take the company from a side-hustle to a multi-billion dollar sports brand, was purchased from a graphic design student for a mere $35.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 18, 2022 1:55 PM |
It’s like crudité
by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 18, 2022 1:57 PM |
[quote] English speakers have a hard time pronouncing the vowels comprising "Nike".
How on Earth did you form that conclusion? That comment is utter BS if you’re a native English speaker.
BTW, your writing is atrocious and much of your post doesn’t make any sense. Did you even bother to read through it before you posted?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 18, 2022 3:03 PM |
R67 They might be Greek and fluent in English. I only saw one error in that post, meanwhile you are total CUNT.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 18, 2022 6:54 PM |
R67 They might be Greek and fluent in English. I only saw one error in that post, meanwhile you are total CUNT.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 18, 2022 6:55 PM |
If there is a legitimate Greek on this thread, I have a questia.
What’s a fancy brand of Greek olive oil I can order in America? Small batch, artisanal preferred.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 18, 2022 6:57 PM |
actually greek olive oil r usually blend of dubious oil thanks to their mafia
cali evoo is most authentic
by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 18, 2022 7:00 PM |
[quote] meanwhile you are total CUNT
Why, thank you, R68. This is the DL, after all.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 18, 2022 7:29 PM |
I do usually buy certified California olive oil, r71.
There is a small, pricey shop in the area that I visited to try some legitimate, small batch Italian imports. The best they had that day had a big Q on the label, which I’ve used up and can’t find the pic of at the moment. I really enjoyed it for the robust “three cough” flavor.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 18, 2022 7:37 PM |
For what it’s worth, the Greek pronunciation is nee-kee. The company pronounces is nai-kee
by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 18, 2022 7:41 PM |
Hay gurlll haayyyyyyy
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 18, 2022 7:42 PM |
Greek DLer, do you have a recommendation of a Greek recipe website or YouTube that’s good? Doesn’t have to be in English
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 18, 2022 7:44 PM |
R76, I don’t cook much Greek food! My sister cooks but doesn’t have a particular favorite site. She does belong to a Facebook group named Greek Style Recipes, which she likes a lot. They have traditional stuff on there as well as riffs on the traditional stuff.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | August 18, 2022 7:47 PM |
Interesting, r77. I nuked my Facebook from orbit though.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 18, 2022 8:12 PM |
R67 I think I fell on the keyboard once or twice. Thanks for pointing it out.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 18, 2022 9:59 PM |
The correct pronunciation of Yeezy is hideous.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 18, 2022 10:03 PM |
Heche, not He he.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 18, 2022 10:11 PM |
Was ancient Greek pronounced the same as modern Greek?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | August 19, 2022 2:04 AM |
I'm 54, and I remember being corrected as a child when I pronounced it with one syllable. This would have been in the late 70s. I'm a white American male so I'm not sure how OP thought this was something only "Asians" say. It's the proper pronunciation. The company is named for the goddess. News reporters have always pronounced it with two syllables for as long as I can remember.
I don't know anyone who pronounces it to rhyme with "like" or "tyke." It rhymes with "psyche," but you know OP probably pronounces it "SIKE."
by Anonymous | reply 83 | August 19, 2022 2:29 AM |
Americans ae more likely to trust what brit spokespeople say because we have this prejudice that they're smarter than are we. I think Brits believe it too!
Not a chance. The Dumb is spread wide and thiick on that beaten up, old island.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | August 19, 2022 9:36 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 19, 2022 9:41 AM |
Don't tell him how most of Europe pronounces Levi's.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 19, 2022 4:52 PM |