Can I just get on my soapbox here and let people know that Nokia is pronounced "noh-kia" (with a short "o" as in "golf").

The pronunciation "noe-kia" is incorrect.

Thank you.

Dunno whether this matches what you're saying or not, but in the UK the only pronounciation used is:

knock-e-a (rhymes with Ikea - eye-kea)

krisse,

So is it noh-kee-yah or noh-kyah?

Three syllables or two?

But the thing is Ikea is often pronounced "ickier", and not the way we do, sounds-like "idea"

I'm still awaiting the sound byte "My name is Dr. Ari Jaaksi, and I pronounce Nokia as Nokia"

("My name is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux as Linux")

Since the name is Finnish the most notable distinction is what I think you have alluded to here. The main difference is that in Finnish the emphasis is on the FIRST syllable and I think this is what you are getting at. As for the first post that started this thread, I would argue this is not entirely correct and the closest to the Finnish pronunciation is a longer O and not short as in golf. Technically it's probably not exactly the same as either the long or the short O in English.

Who really cares how its pronounced... as long as people keep buying the tablets.

This forum must really be getting bored to death!

Omega

In the US we pronounce it... ex·pen·sive

/ˈnokiɑ/ in IPA (nock-ia?)

In Finnish you write as you read, meaning generally that each sound corresponds to a letter. If one compares it to French or English, this is definitely a big advantage in learning the language. (http://finnish-language.blogspot.com/)

Keep it simple: "The Finnish letters are always pronounced as they are written."

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/finni...unciation.html

noh-kee-yah is the closest you can get I think.