Interesting how the 'correct' way is only how 1/7th of us say it... We're all failures.

 

I also pronounce is niz-moe.

 

I'm assuming you didn't mean to sound offensive, so this is just FYI. "Japs" is very offensive to a person of Japanese ancestry.

 

I just got used to saying Nizmo after forcing myself but now I have to go back to Nees mo.

 

+1 ...Neesmo based on Nihongo.

 

Hello,

Hmm... what Japanese speaker can pronounce the two consonant sounds one after the other, Nuki? Wouldn't you expect a typical Japanese consonant-vowel combination, making it ni-su-mo, ni (we are the knights who say "Ni!") su (like a lawyer "sue"s someone) moh (short "o" like an abrupt "no")?

I voted nizz-mow but I think my pronunciation is usually right between niss-mow and nizz-mow. Hmm, maybe that's nisz-mow?

Joel

 

LOL I get what you mean. However, most japanese do not speak with that sort of "drawl" for lack of better words. Short of drunken nights out at the karaoke bars, every conversation I had (in Nihonjin) while living there was very pointed and direct. Each word abrupt and almost aggressive.
The only time I heard that type of speak, is when they attempted to converse in english to me. Which usually resulted in the atypical engrish.com hilarity.

 

Nez-mo

 

ha ha ha ho-mo

 

Juan says Neesmo
Cannucknuckleheads say Nissmo
Midwest says Nizmo
Left and right coast say a little bit of everything

 

Hello,
Right... like pronouncing the name of a company in English. I was thinking a Japanese person, pronouncing an English name of a Japanese company...

The last trip I took to Japan, I found it very hard to notice when someone switched from Japanese to English and asked me a question. Usually, my girlfriend would poke me and say 'he asked you a question.' I'd have this "well, duh, I don't speak Japanese" look on my face and then I'd feel silly because I'd realize 'crap, that was in "english"'. Hahaha.

Perhaps the right pronunciation should be ni$mo, with the dollar-sign-s.

Joel, using nismo cams and body kit parts, per the rules.

 

i say nizmo, at the dealership, ive also heard nizmo, never neesmo, anyways, i have another question...iwas at a meet and i always though that "ings" was "i n g s" pronounced "eye en gee ess" but some one said "ings" as in fish"ings".....well?

 

Americans are the worst speakers in the world when it comes to anything that isn't english.

Do you pronounce Nissan Nih San? So why would you pronounce Nismo that way?

Neesmo

 

Neesmo

 

LOL AYE ON THAT G READY
OMG I HATE PEOPLE WHO DOES THAT!

 

Yup, As an asian I can confirm that.

 

Hello,
Hahah... I doubt that! Listen to all the English words that have worked their way into the Japanese language. There are so many words that are unrecognizable to a native English speaker because they're so butchered by their Japanesification (gairaigo).

Joel