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Okay, that's more or less what I thought. Whew. Legolas Send a noteboard - 06/03/2017 06:44:23 AM

For the record, over here most people used to go with the 'British' one until fifteen years ago or so when the notion that this was 'wrong' and we should say NY-KEE instead became widespread. I guess nowadays both are frequently used - like in most cases where American and British English differ.

Agreed on the comments above regarding Adidas - but while we're looking at the origins of the brand names, it makes one wonder if the Brits also pronounce the goddess Nike's name that way? Wikipedia has only the 'American' pronunciation on its page about the goddess, for what it's worth.

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Honestly, I Would Wear Adidas Just on Principle - 05/03/2017 09:08:04 PM 900 Views
I can't contribute to a discussion of the NFL. But did you know the Brits pronounce 'Nike' wrong? - 05/03/2017 10:32:19 PM 596 Views
AH-DEE-dahs? - 05/03/2017 10:36:59 PM 632 Views
Nike and Adidas are the worst. - 05/03/2017 10:53:29 PM 606 Views
I'd call you a pronunciation Nazi for that, but... - 05/03/2017 11:18:13 PM 650 Views
Want to share the two pronunciations to help those of us neither American nor British? - 05/03/2017 11:36:23 PM 619 Views
I'll give you the US pronunciations - 06/03/2017 12:17:29 AM 623 Views
British: NYKE (one syllable) and AH-dee-das - American: NY-kee and ah-DEE-duss - 06/03/2017 06:13:44 AM 608 Views
Okay, that's more or less what I thought. Whew. - 06/03/2017 06:44:23 AM 594 Views
Then John says Adidas wrong. Ah-dih-das. - 06/03/2017 12:45:31 PM 551 Views
It's polite to say 'differently' - 06/03/2017 11:40:28 AM 608 Views
Language is a democracy. There are more of us so are way is right. *NM* - 06/03/2017 11:50:44 AM 271 Views

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