PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

[EuGene Smith]

There sure were a lot of Kogakus in Japan, whatever they were.

Mi no ROO ta? Say WHUT?? Since they are *dead anyhoo, I think I will keep calling mine by the pronunciation Mi NOL tuh

* at least in the camera world

After 25 years of wrestling, cussing, and yet still loving the beasts, I pronounce the name B&J as "S&M"

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Interesting thread, I was wondering about two myself: (being that most of what i learn is either read, or figured out myself and rarely ever spoken to in person or on the phone)

Linhof: is Lin pronounced LINE? or LIN with a short i? (like lint) is hof pronounced OFF or HOFF with the H, or OF like the word of?

Tachihara: is it Tak-eh-hara? Is the CH pronounced as K or as CH or SH? I assume the I isn't pronounced EYE, but rather as a soft i?

Lynnhove

[Greg Y]

[QUOTE=Struan Gray;289307]Worth a trip, although Chamonix itself is a sad touristification of a French town. Croque Monsieur on every corner, and English Pubs by the dozen. Things get nicer further up the valley, especially in Argentiere where the briocherie alone is worth a visit.

Wasted youth :-)

The really odd thing, is that in old books and maps Chamonix appears as "Chamouni". The local pronunciation must be a relatively recent development. All the rest of France, and the world, leaves the 'x' silent.

Only people who are not native to Chamonix....pronounce the X. S Gray is correct in earlier times it commonly appears as Chamouni.

Tachihara . the ch pronounced as in cheese. short i
The Japanese language does not have the L sound, which is why Japanese people pronounce that sound with an r..... it's the closest sound.
However, in Japanese rules of anglicization, (unlike english) things are pronounced as they are written. Copal is a non Japanese word. A native english speaker & the Western world would pronounce it ko-pal . Nippon is pronounced as it is written.....so is nihon ....i.e. nee-hon. They are two distinctly sounding words with the identical meaning... Japan.

[sharktooth]

This recent YouTube video shows the correct German pronunciation of some German cameras and lenses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_iBmUC_Xc

[martiansea]

I haven't seen anyone do Jobo. They're a German company, right? I'm sure everyone I've met says it wrong...

[Drew Bedo]

"Standard" pronunciation of non-colloquial English words varies from Canada, USA, UK (and within the UK) Australia and New Zeland. Even the notation for defining a format differs; 4x5 in the USA becomes 5X4 elsewhere.

Po-TAY-to Po-TAH-to
To-MAY-to To-MAH-to

TESS-are or Tes-SARE
SEEN-Are or SIGNE-Are

Angenieux . . . I can't even guess.

What does it really matter as longa s we know what we are talking about?

[Tin Can]

I learned most of my vocabulary from reading a book a day when young for years

I know I cannot pronounce a lot of them and I am a poor speller

Moot

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Here is a short pronunciation list, https://www.dropbox.com/s/5udwnzjjhb...dukte.mp3?dl=0

[Tin Can]

Thank you

I had Linhof and APO very wrong, the rest were closer

I find cognate in Latin derivation, as I studied it, age 13, 14 in one room school, which was my best scull, woth one genius teacher, Mrs Wolf, the only name I rember, too many new and worse schools goiug forward

Spell check is wonderful if we use it

Here is a short pronunciation list, https://www.dropbox.com/s/5udwnzjjhb...dukte.mp3?dl=0

[Daniel Casper Lohenstein]

Thank you

I had Linhof and APO very wrong, the rest were closer

I find cognate in Latin derivation, as I studied it, age 13, 14 in one room school, which was my best scull, woth one genius teacher, Mrs Wolf, the only name I rember, too many new and worse schools goiug forward

Spell check is wonderful if we use it

I used to pronounce Linhof like Lynnhoff. But: https://www.linhofstudio.com/knowled...inhof-Spag.jpg