How to Pronounce Lakon?

[Marklar_]

OK this one has been bugging me for a while, and I'm curious if it's a British versus American thing.

I'm an American, and I pronounce it "Lah-con." The NPC station traffic controllers (Brits the lot of them) say "Lake-on."

So which is it? What do you say? Is this one of those things where we just have to agree to say it differently, like the pronunciation of Mazda?

 

[Stealthie]

It's "lay-con".

Least, that's how all the ATC's pronounce it.

 

[damon8r351]

I'm American and pronounced it "lay-con" in my head even before hearing it from ATC. Who in blue Hades pronounces it the other way?

 

[Xious]

Yep, Lake On

 

[Marklar_]

Who in blue Hades pronounces it the other way?

OK I'll slink away now...

 

[GraXXoR]

You're all wrong, it's clearly.

La-KON.

 

[Zeeman]

I'll continue to say Lah-Kon anyways.

Z..

 

[Maka Gucci]

Lay-kon, the way they say it when you request docking.
De-lay-see over.

 

[Jukelo]

For me it's Lahk-hon hon hon

 

[Bdragon4]

I pronounce it as "Flying Brick".

 

[Cmdr Esteban]

Such laconic posts in this thread.

 

[damon8r351]

OK I'll slink away now...

Don't feel bad, I was in my mid 30s before someone took pity on me and told me "recurring" is not spelled "reocurring".

 

[Lightspeed]

What American pronounces it Lah-Kon ? Apart from OP of course .... is this a State thing? What other words are similar to this and pronounced this way? I am curious, because I am on the East Side, but British also.

 

[Arvel Yael]

Lay-con.

 

[Marklar_]

What American pronounces it Lah-Kon ? Apart from OP of course .... is this a State thing? What other words are similar to this and pronounced this way? I am curious, because I am on the East Side, but British also.

Take the "Mazda" example, Americans pronounce it with a short initial "a" while Brits pronounce it with a long "a," that's exactly the same as what I'm talking about with "Lakon."

 

[Maka Gucci]

Take the "Mazda" example, Americans pronounce it with a short initial "a" while Brits pronounce it with a long "a," that's exactly the same as what I'm talking about with "Lakon."

What mate, I say Maz-da with a short 'a'. Who are these Brits you speak of?

 

[Marklar_]

Who are these Brits you speak of?

Jeremy Clarkson, for one:

[video=youtube_share;QRiPSlx8PxA]https://youtu.be/QRiPSlx8PxA[/video]

 

[Zeeman]

Take the "Mazda" example, Americans pronounce it with a short initial "a" while Brits pronounce it with a long "a," that's exactly the same as what I'm talking about with "Lakon."

Yanks also say Hyundai as "Hun-day", and the politicians turned Iraq into an Apple product... (The iRack).

Z...

 

[Ophion]

I'm not a native English speaker nor a linguist but since there's no American language, every word Americans pronounce differently than Brits must be wrong by default... right?

 

[o'moylan]

Lakin is how I say it.