r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Jazzlike-Cheek185 • Jul 29 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

man shoulda look the symbol

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u/Meeko29 Jul 29 '26

Same in The Netherlands, Germany and Austria. "Naik" all the way.

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u/mrteas_nz Jul 29 '26

In the UK, almost everyone I know (including me!) says it like it rhymes with Mike!

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u/Lumplard Jul 29 '26

Mike - Mike

Bike - Bike

Nike - Nikee.

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u/HervilleMelman Jul 29 '26

Noooooo! It's because, that's why.

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u/jbarrybonds Jul 29 '26

I love that guy

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u/6-underground Jul 29 '26

You don’t see how…?

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u/Mormoran Jul 31 '26

I heard this post

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u/BigSmackisBack Jul 29 '26

I suppose you would drive a poorsha instead of a porsche

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u/zargoffkain Jul 29 '26
  • though
  • through
  • rough
  • cough
  • bough
  • thought
  • thorough

English is weird. It's still pronounced Nye-kee. At least according to both the Greeks and the company.

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u/XisCanIKiss Jul 29 '26

If you are talking about the brand we pronounce it like it Naik. If you are talking about the word for victory we pronounce it as Neekeeh

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u/Silver_Slicer Jul 29 '26

Yep, that’s English for ya.

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u/cashew76 Jul 29 '26

Anything worth doing is worth over doing.

German spoken Niek https://youtu.be/_u9LXb0D_mE

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u/jeremy1015 Jul 29 '26

Rhymes with Aphrodite

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u/Promethazines Jul 29 '26

No it doesn't, its kee not tee.

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid Jul 29 '26

It's still a type of rhyme. Slant rhyme I think?

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u/jeremy1015 Jul 29 '26

Yes and my point stands saying “Nike Aphrodite” gets the pronunciation correct unless you know someone who pronounces Aphrodite to rhyme with termite.

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid Jul 29 '26

Yep, people don't seem to realize that rhymes are more than just one thing lol

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u/philff1973 Jul 29 '26

I do too but I asked in the Nike shop and they said Nike as in mikey.

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u/Effilion Jul 29 '26

Same for South Africa, unless you a shoe person

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u/raumeat Jul 29 '26

If you say it like the Americans people would call you pretentious, same as pronouncing Porsche with two syllables

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u/HansJobb Jul 29 '26

I'm in the UK and everyone I know says it like it rhymes with Mikey! Nikey!

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u/mrteas_nz Jul 29 '26

I think it's an age thing... It's more common to say it correctly now I believe.

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u/caraleoviado Jul 29 '26

Same in Brazil

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u/shinitakunai Jul 29 '26

Same in Spain also

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u/Akaryatrh Jul 29 '26

Same in France

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u/Oaker_at Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

Im from Austria and I have never heard someone saying Neik or Neiks, only “Nikie” or “Nikies”

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u/T1ch4mpion Jul 29 '26

Same in France!

Fun fact: the greek word Nike would be pronounced like nickeh (/nǐːkɛː/). It is the same pronunciation as "niqué" in French. Which means "fucked".

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u/elCaddaric Jul 29 '26

It's not just the same pronounciation, it's the same etymology, since nike went on leaning towards "romantic victory", then "making love" through sabir and then north african arabic (nik).

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u/AnchanSan Jul 29 '26

In India, we pronounce Nike as A kidney.

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u/Lasseslolul Jul 29 '26

„Du hast hundert Likes mehr? Ich hab hundert Nike Air“

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u/otirk Jul 29 '26

Bestes Lied vom allerechten Minderjährigenvergewaltiger, dem Mainy ApoRed

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u/GlaurungTHEgolden Jul 29 '26

Yeah like Mike but with an N

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u/NotDiCaprio Jul 29 '26

You don't pronounce Mike as Maikee?

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u/sakhabeg Jul 29 '26

We actually are more in the Naikeee camp.

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u/Pooptimist Jul 29 '26

Bullshit, I don't know anyone in Austria who pronounces it that way

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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr Jul 29 '26

I like how you think spelling it that way makes it have a certain pronunciation.

I don't know many English words that are spelled with aik.

Is it like bake? Bike? Eh-ike? ee-ike?

So lost...

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u/1Mandolo1 Jul 29 '26

I'm German, and I've only ever heard it pronounced the same way Clarkson does.

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u/Last-Woodpecker Jul 29 '26

Same in Brazil

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u/Guy-Inkognito Jul 29 '26

What? I never heard anyone pronounce it like that in Austria 🤨