Νίκη
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Νίκη
Νίκη.
Can someone confirm that the famous trade mark has origin of this word?
Can someone confirm that the famous trade mark has origin of this word?
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ah, OK. What about those of us who still haven't figured it out?For those who haven't figured out what the Thread Title is:
Νίκη
I infer from Anders' last that this has to do with Nike(?) My first encounter with this word was the US missle defence system of the 1950s, though it too was named for the Goddess.
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In Brazil too. Even [náiki], since it's not very easy for us to finish a word in a consonant (except m/n, s/z/x, r and l [pronounced as a w, as a matter of fact]). We're like the Italians (and the Japanese), we tend to add a vowel where none exists.Lots of young Swedes pronounce the shoe label [naik].
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-which combined with the aspirated/uvular R has led to amusing imports in the music world such as rock ("hockey") and rap ("happy")In Brazil too. Even [náiki], since it's not very easy for us to finish a word in a consonant (except m/n, s/z/x, r and l [pronounced as a w, as a matter of fact]). We're like the Italians (and the Japanese), we tend to add a vowel where none exists.Lots of young Swedes pronounce the shoe label [naik].
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[il me faut continuez en anglais] The question of what's the most mellifluous language is always subjective but for me it would have to be Portuguese. Sadly I never got far into formally learning the language but have collected Brazilian music for many years. One of the greatest compliments I ever got was while hosting a radio show of Brazilian music a (Bahiana) listener called and told me I have "no accent". So I don't have much in vocabulary or grammar, but from following lyrics I think I may have nailed pronunciationPor que não me disse antes? É bom saber que há alguém interessado pela minha língua.
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OK, my vote is that Portuguese is one of the most beautiful languages for singing, but years ago, the way the guy sounded who presented the news in Portuguese on the long wave Radio Suecia Internacional (or whatever), you wished that you would never encounter that language or have to look at a person twisting his face that way.
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