Ja-Gnome, or Ja-No-Me?
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I asked this question a long time ago and found out I had been mispronouncing it for years. It is the 3-syllable version:
2. jä-'nō-mē (Three syllables)
with the emphasis on the middle syllable.
2. jä-'nō-mē (Three syllables)
with the emphasis on the middle syllable.
#14
This is from a Janome website: In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means "eye of the snake." The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake's eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born.
I left in the info about the name because i though it was interesting. The site is: http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/AboutJanome
I left in the info about the name because i though it was interesting. The site is: http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/AboutJanome
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"In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means "eye of the snake." The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake's eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born."
I found this on their website. Ja is "snake", no is "of", and me means "eye." Same meaning as eye of snake, but different word order.
Deborah
I found this on their website. Ja is "snake", no is "of", and me means "eye." Same meaning as eye of snake, but different word order.
Deborah
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