John,
This subject was brought up before:
On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 15:25, Jim Terazawa <jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Zuiko is indeed pronounced like zwee (short e's) koh (stretch o).
I believe the term zuiko means the origin of light.
In kanji characters:
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There is a brief explanation at:
http://www.olympus.co.jp/Profile/milestones.html
if you can read Japanese.
Olympus named "Zuiko" for the first optical(camera) lens that was
introduced in 1936. It was introduced with Semi-Olympus camera.
Jim Terazawa
John Palmer wrote:
> Something I've never known - how is "Zuiko" pronounced? (Apart from in
> hushed
> and respectful tones, of course)
>
> I've never learnt Japanese, so can't get clues from there. I usually rhyme
> it with "psycho", but with a soft z, and people seem to understand. But
> trying to work it out is impossible.
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