pronunciation

cousin saying all the while she thought you pronounced 'lipid' as 'lee-pid' and then she was with a doctor and the latter pronounced it as 'lye-pid' (the first syllable sounding like 'eye').  she said her companion being a doctor, she should know the right pronunciation.

me:  'hmmm...  i think i heard it being pronounced as lye-pid before...  not really sure, that's so long ago...  but since it's english, the 'i' could really be 'eye'...'

cousin-in-law:  'just like nikon (pronouncing it nye-kon)...'

me:  'is it nye-kon or nee-kon?  it's japanese so i suppose the 'i' there is 'ee'...'

cousin:  'but remember in hong kong, <camera seller> calls it nye-kon...'

me:  'is he japanese?'

cousin:  'no...  chinese...'

me:  'hmmm...  i had japanese classes for a year...  the 'i' is 'ee' not really 'eye'...'

a while later, the topic changed to powershots and ixus...  my cousin-in-law pronounced it 'eye-zoos'...  hmmm...  all these years i've been pronouncing it 'ick-sus'...  : }

now i checked (webster and digitalrev) :

i'm wrong on lipid.  it's supposed to be lee-pid not lye-pid.

but i got nikon and ixus right.  yup, they're nee-kon and ick-sus.

: )