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Nike Or Nikey?

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by KingDaggerX_, Sep 13, 2016.

  1. KingDaggerX_

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    So right now me and @Mad_251739 and @MeromeTDM and @JackShadowPyrez were debating on if Nike should be pronounced Nike or Nikey. here are my points.
    In the English Grammar if you put an e at the end of a word for example Bike instead of you pronouncing it as Bick they added the letter E behind of it. So now the I, Is pronounces as - I -. Same thing goes for Nike. if it were to be pronounced as N - I -key, They would have added the Y and the worst part of it is....
    THE FOUNDERS OF THE COMPANY WERE ACTUALLY AMERICAN. So either they wanted to make there own business language(because there is no way it can be spelled as Nike but pronounced Nikey) or The Founders were just dumb Athletes that didn't pay attention in English class.
    Do you agree with my logic or are you just going to be sticking by your way of speech for absolutely no reason.
    ( And please do not say it is what the founders wanted to call it so that is that, because they don't own the language that is known as English. The creators of "Nike" were people who didn't pay attention in English class)
     
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    I say nikey
     
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    It is Nike. Pronounced Nike-ee. The argument that they are dumb athletes is not relevant, considering almost all schools have strict grade requirements for athletes.
     
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    Nikey!

    Idk why. But thats how it is whether you like it or not.
     
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    Well we obviously the EU says it differently maybe the "nikey" way of saying it is right but then again it depends on language and personal preference. Adidas is another one that people say differently..
     
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    Though that is true in some cases people do what I like to call a one and done, meaning that they are going to try to keep there grades up the through school but as soon as they are done that's it they don't care about the English grammar or anything anymore they go deep in to sports and don't care about language anymore (You can say sports became there language). So I am not going to lie... This is probably going to happen to me because i like Science and I would like to be a chemist (All I need is steady English grammar nothing fancy) an I wont really want to speak that much just basically observe and "Write" what, I see and know/my hypothesis. Even with this i need to stick with English grammar and work with the principles and like @ItzLeiqh said It depends what language you speak. Nike (Which should be Spelled Nikey because no where in the English grammar does it say that a word with -ike- should be pronounced ike-ee) Was a Greek Goddess (The Goddess of Victory) which was first said in "Greek" but ofcoure leave it up to the English to bend the rules of the English grammar to make Nike be pronounces as nike-ee.
    But then again people say what they want to say and i can't change that but I love a good debate :D
     
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    i say nike lol
     
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    In Europe people tend to say nike
     
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    NIKEY

    ALL YOU NIKE LOVING PEOPLE ARE [REDACTED]

    NIKEY

    I believe that it is pronounced Nikey for several reasons.
    1. The company was named after the goddess of victory NIKE pronounced Nik-ey
    2. Like the photo above, it's an official document that says the owners of NIKE say it's pronounced Nikey not Nike
    3.
    YOU [REDACTED]. You don't pronounce truth, TR-U-TH, you pronounce it Trooth. You don't pronounce writing wr-it-ing, you pronounce it R- I - ting THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS
    4. Nike is a name in a different language. Everyone would pronounce it the same way but if you wanted to write it in your own language then you would spell it differently.
    5. AND FINALLY I love cookies

    From Moderator: Do NOT call people names and do NOT spam the forums with three messages right in a row.
     

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    I have Officially given up on the topic because there is a next god His name is @SirEeth he is the god of rightness I guess.....
     
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    There's a reason why the " e " Is there Nik - E .
     
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    I wasn't debating.

    @SirEeth Do not type that way on the forums.
     
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    o_O... what? you are talking about English Grammar? That's ironic! English grammar is one of the MOST UNSTANDARDISED things in the world! Its always changing, always evolving and always confusing.

    And grammar does not even cover pronunciation all the Nouns, only for some of the common ones.
     
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    There is American english grammar and british English grammar
     
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    This has gone far too long .-.
     
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    Yup, that's an example of what I mean ;)
     

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