How do you pronounce Alnico?

[Sailor Charon]

Ibanez - Ee-ban-ez - It's japanese - even if it's named after a fellow spaniard.

but in Japan they are pronunced I-ba-needs (I as in I am) :roll:

Are?
Is it spelt ai-ba-nii-zu or i-ba-ne-zu in katakana? I suspect it's the second, but you're implying it's the first...

[indysmith]

i pronounce it eye-ban-ez

[LazyNinja]

Ibanez - Ee-ban-ez - It's japanese - even if it's named after a fellow spaniard.

but in Japan they are pronunced I-ba-needs (I as in I am) :roll:

Are?
Is it spelt ai-ba-nii-zu or i-ba-ne-zu in katakana? I suspect it's the second, but you're implying it's the first...

Yes the first. ai ba ni - zu. I can read you know. Why does no one believe me!!! :lol:  

http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&q=ibanez&btnG=%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&lr=lang_ja

[LazyNinja]

It's described here in more detail how it ended up being called the way it is:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

to summarise:

1. The name originates from a Spanish name, therefore the correct pronunciation would be ih-ba-ni-ess.
2. in the main market for Ibanez (i.e. in English speaking countries) they were commonly reffered to as I-ba-needs or I-ba-nize
3. The Japanese read it in Roma-ji, and called it ih-ba-needs (dunno how, coz that'd be reading it wrong)
4. The Japanese thought it'd be cool to say it the same way as the foreigners so decided on I-ba-needs (or "ai ba ni - zu" in katakana). The pronunciation became official in Japan in the late 1980's

It's funny how they copied the English speakers even though they were wrong.

[Sailor Charon]

Yes the first. ai ba ni - zu. I can read you know. Why does no one believe me!!! :lol:  

http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&q=ibanez&btnG=%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&lr=lang_ja

Sorry... It just seemed... odd, that's all. I'd never seen it written in kana before... Thanks for the clarification.

[LazyNinja]

Yeah I found it odd too but yeah thats the way it is