How do you pronounce Samsung "Kies"?

[4ngi3]

So looking for the correct pronounciation of "Kies".. is it like "Keys" because the logo looks like a key, or is it pronounced like "Kies" rhyming with "Pies", or I've also seen it on a youtube video pronounced as "Kiss"?

 

[zuben el genub]

It looks germanic. If so, the last vowel would be the sound. Keys.

Holstein cows are "holstine"

 

[Motorhomer]

Just because something looks Germanic doesn't necessarily mean that it is!

How would you pronounce ties, lies or pies?

Please can I have six pork pees just doesn't sound right!

 

[lunatic59]

Samsung is a Korean company so their pronunciations are a little different than western languages.

The K is a hard phonetic sound similar to k in the romance languages, there the similarities stop. The lower case "i" is used in place of a soft rolling consonant while the "e" is a hard stop, with emphasis on closing the lips and smacking them for the final sound. I believe the "s" is silent.

This would make the official pronunciation of "K-i-e-s" = crap.

 

[Frisco]

^lol

 

[karandpr]

Samsung is a Korean company so their pronunciations are a little different than western languages.

The K is a hard phonetic sound similar to k in the romance languages, there the similarities stop. The lower case "i" is used in place of a soft rolling consonant while the "e" is a hard stop, with emphasis on closing the lips and smacking them for the final sound. I believe the "s" is silent.

This would make the official pronunciation of "K-i-e-s" = crap.

+1
Also useless , bloatware and annoying .

 

[zuben el genub]

Nokia's Ovi looks and behaves just like Kies. Since Nokia is Finnish, I was wondering if Samsung got the file manager from Nokia.
For the record, people don't like Ovi Suite either. They try to keep the older PC suite.

I've seen references to this on Nokia forums. (I had a C6)
Exploring Samsung's PC Studio - It's PC Suite, but not as we know it...

 

[takeshi]

Samsung is a Korean company so their pronunciations are a little different than western languages.

The K is a hard phonetic sound similar to k in the romance languages, there the similarities stop. The lower case "i" is used in place of a soft rolling consonant while the "e" is a hard stop, with emphasis on closing the lips and smacking them for the final sound. I believe the "s" is silent.

This would make the official pronunciation of "K-i-e-s" = crap.

Samsung's home country doesn't mean that the Kies model name is a Korean word. Even if it was a Korean word, transliteration isn't an exact science (no matter what the language).

is it like "Keys" because the logo looks like a key

Seems like that would be a clue.

 

[wayrad]

Another way:
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