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Friday, June 30th, 2006

OK, this post may make me sound like a complete moron, but well, I’m going for it anyway.

How do you pronounce the word “Nike?”

You know, Nike.

Is it Nike to rhyme with Like or Bike? Or Nikey to rhyme with Likey or Bikey?

The hubster says it’s Nikey. I always thought the name of the company was Nike (like Bike) but you wore a pair of Nikeys.

He laughed hard at this. And I’m not sure whether to beleive him or not. It’s certainly not like he’s a guru of fashion (he doesn’t wear Nike’s let me tell you, he wears shoes that cost no more than $19.95 from WalMart). But at the same time, he seemed awfully convinced that I was a fool.

So tell me, am I the only one not in the know in this situation? Am I the fool who though that a company name would actually *gasp* follow the rules of spelling and pronouciation?

What is it? Nike? Or Nikey?