how should "sony" be pronounced?

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#1 Xeros606
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all my life ive pronounced it as "sew-knee" but i hear some people pronounce it "saw-knee". which is correct?

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#2 SiKh22
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all my life ive pronounced it as "sew-knee" but i hear some people pronounce it "saw-knee". which is correct?

Xeros606
its the 1st, the 2nd one, people are repeating the N twice then
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#3 Scianix-Black
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Sony is a Japanese company.

The characters "so" and "ni" are pronounced "soh" and "ni."

So the name itself is pronounced "soh-nee."

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#4 Poster_11
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soh-nee
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Sony = *Pa Ray Stay Shun Free"
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#6 alber
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Sonī

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all my life ive pronounced it as "sew-knee" but i hear some people pronounce it "saw-knee". which is correct?

Xeros606
When I read "saw-nee," I imagined a fat red neck with a trucker hat with a beer in hand saying it. "Gimme one of them there "saw-nee" play station doo hickeys" :p
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#8 albatrossdrums
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Sony is a Japanese company.

The characters "so" and "ni" are pronounced "soh" and "ni."

So the name itself is pronounced "soh-nee."

Scianix-Black

Seconded. You have your answer.

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#9 psyum
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I just say "soni" and i dont care what u guys say!!!! :P
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#10 donmega1
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all my life ive pronounced it as "sew-knee" but i hear some people pronounce it "saw-knee". which is correct?

Xeros606

Hey, do you have a SEWWWW KNEE playstation? I like them SAWWWWW Knee's...

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#11 king23_
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It's pronounced: "c-rap" :P Just kidding, many people have already told you the correct way to pronounce it.
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#12 navstar29
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Sony = *Pa Ray Stay Shun Free"americahellyeah
oh if only it were ... if only it were.
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#13 jakehouston88
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Sony = So Knee

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#14 RotaryRX7
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Sony = *Pa Ray Stay Shun Free"americahellyeah
lmfao!
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#15 K1LLR3175
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Aslong as people can understand you that is all that matters.
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#17 ENDOT12123
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so-knee, soh-nee, sony

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#18 thanos723
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[QUOTE="Xeros606"]

all my life ive pronounced it as "sew-knee" but i hear some people pronounce it "saw-knee". which is correct?

Achaean728
When I read "saw-nee," I imagined a fat red neck with a trucker hat with a beer in hand saying it. "Gimme one of them there "saw-nee" play station doo hickeys" :p

i guess this was only funny to me. i lol'd irl
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#19 Trogeton
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so-nee

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#20 LoserMike
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So-knee

or

Soul-knee

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#21 Denji
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I say BUTTER

BUT-TER with a slice of bread

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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]Sony = *Pa Ray Stay Shun Free"RotaryRX7
lmfao!

i cracked up so hard, if only it was though lmao
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[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"]Sony = *Pa Ray Stay Shun Free"JoKeR_421
lmfao!

i cracked up so hard, if only it was though lmao

thank you, thank you.. *takes a bow* :P
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#24 Sk8ter_213
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SO-NEE
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[QUOTE="JoKeR_421"][QUOTE="RotaryRX7"] lmfao!americahellyeah
i cracked up so hard, if only it was though lmao

thank you, thank you.. *takes a bow* :P

*Eats the person who booed you*
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#26 b0ssy
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sh-it-nee

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#27 K1LLR3175
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sh-it-nee

b0ssy
Umm I am not sure what that is suppose to be,but it ain't funny.
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#28 Mini2
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Sony = So Knee

jakehouston88

Is that a silent "k"?

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#30 TheGreatOutdoor
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I pronounce it Sony (so-knee).

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#31 PSdual_wielder
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The same way you pronounce "god" if you feel like saying it that way.

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