How to pronounce "scion"?

[NoJustice]

Ok so this is totally random, but...

So I have been hearing people pronounce "scion" (the car, but is also an actual word) as "sigh-on", and various Google results also say this, but I all the audios files I have heard from dictionaries here (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scion?s=t), here (http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=scion) and here (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scion) sound more like it rhymes with "lion" instead. The "sigh-on" pronunciation is especially stressed by Chinese speakers (not being racist, I am Chinese which is why I hear them the most) in commercials who really stress the "on" sound, so I just need to ask am I hearing things or does it actually rhyme with "lion"?

[Talamasca]

Both "sigh-uhn" and "sigh-on" are acceptable.

[yao416]

See on

[Jimboski]

Sci-on. LOOOL!

[Dr. Octagonecologyst]

Like so:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjusReNlIrY&feature=plcp

[Mark77]

like 'science' i think.

What annoys me is the douchetards who think they are supposed to ignore "h"'s in names. Or those who think "gough" = "goff'.

[danfromwaterloo]

I pronounce it SCI-on. You know, like the word and not the brand.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion

[Kunman]

sc-ion
(ske-ion)

[rabbit]

Consortium.
I bring it up because the TSN/USA way drives me nuts (not really, but sort of :)).

[DontAskDontTell]

Skee on... Scone

[wilsonlam97]

Shawn.

[Forhad]

It's Sigh-On. But in Tomb Raider 1 it was pronounced "skee-on".

[Barayolayosa]

Consortium.
I bring it up because the TSN/USA way drives me nuts (not really, but sort of :)).

+1

"ConsorSHEum" LOL

[sandikosh]

It is sigh on. Why would Toyota create a brand with "sigh" as it's first consonant is beyond me. With a name like sigh on, it is no wonder the brand is struggling.

[iEyeCaptain]

Sky-Own.

[wszeto28]

Consortium.
I bring it up because the TSN/USA way drives me nuts (not really, but sort of :)).
lol so it is pronounced con-sor-shee-um or con-sor-tee-um? The CTV message bugs me too lol

[vero95]

toyota

[jimmy-j]

^
entire thread, only one guy got it right

[4flava]

Just watch the damn commercial.

end thread.

[BuildBuyBreed]

Just watch the damn commercial.

Ya but I watch Nissan commercials and they say "Nee Saan" and I don't like that pronounciation. "Nih San" for me :-P

[ever1221]

Safe on

[Swswswish]

toyota

Beat me to it -_-

[ji2o0k]

Pronounced Sky-on.....

Or Zion......

Or Skee-on....

[mbg]

I want to be the 23rd person to tell you how to say it, but I won't.

[Canada_7]

I want to be the 23rd person to tell you how to say it, but I won't.

But I want to post pad so I will tell you that I pronounce it "Sigh-On".

And I pronounce Nissan "Nee-saan" even though I actually prefer it being pronounced by others as "Niss-an".

[rabbit]

> lol so it is pronounced con-sor-shee-um or con-sor-tee-um? The CTV message bugs me too lol

I've always pronounced the T, which I think is the Brit/Canadian way. SHE seems to be the American (and parts of Southern Ontario ;)) way.

Other mentionables:
I refuse to pronounce Asus like Dr Seuss. I want to hear that Taiwanese chick say Pegasus, as a point of reference.
I refuse to pronounce Linux the common way, preferring to say it the same way I say Linus (or the same way as Torvalds says his name). Funny thing is that Torvalds changed his mind on how to pronounce Linux, now opting for Lynn-ix.


Looking at the word, I would have said it was PSI-on, but it seems that this is wrong.

[yao416]

Skeet on

[NoJustice]

Both "sigh-uhn" and "sigh-on" are acceptable.

Seems like the best answer.

[heyjoe]

it's pronounced scion

[ChinpokoMon]

How about Nikon.....
Nye-kon or Nee-kon ?

[mbg]

How about Nikon.....
Nye-kon or Nee-kon ?

Or Nick-on.

That's why you should just stick to Canon, although I'm sure there'll be someone who wants to say "Caynon" just to make sure things don't work properly.

[rabbit]

> How about Nikon.....
Nye-kon or Nee-kon ?

Nye-kon.

Did you guys know that people in Canada/US say Adidas "wrong?" The emphasis should be on the first syllable: A-di-das (and not a-DI-das).