The dealer near here says it the second way. But we are midwesterns, so maybe that's a regional thing?
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I asked this question a long time ago and found out I had been mispronouncing it for years. It is the 3-syllable version:
2. jä-'nō-mē (Three syllables) with the emphasis on the middle syllable. |
Definitely 3 syllables.
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This is from a Janome website: In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means "eye of the snake." The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake's eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born.
I left in the info about the name because i though it was interesting. The site is: http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/AboutJanome |
The Japanese pronunciation has three syllables. I guess it wouldn't be the only foreign word that gets mispronounced....
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i had always pronounced it with 3 syllables
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3 syllables and a great machine!
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It's three!!!
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"In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means "eye of the snake." The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake's eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born."
I found this on their website. Ja is "snake", no is "of", and me means "eye." Same meaning as eye of snake, but different word order. Deborah |
Originally Posted by cjsews
(Post 6141171)
Ja-no-me - maybe this is one of those regional dialects.
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