Didn't we settle this almost 10 years ago???
...I say 'sayko'..." That'd be The Queen's English.
And so would I, IF it were an English word. It's not.
Vowels separated by a consonant are pronounced long. As in 'say' vs 'saw'.
This confuses me. First, lets agree on long and short. For "a" the long sound is "aaayyy" and the short is "aahhh" agreed??
If vowels separated by consonants are long, then why isn't it Sayvayge instead of Savage?? Why isn't it "Reemyngtoon, not Remington?? or Weencheesteer?
The rule given doesn't make sense to me, with all the examples I can think of, but being English, there are tons and tons of exceptions to the rules.
You can pronounce anything any way you want to. The correct way to pronounce a word is the way the originator(s) pronounce it. Meaning, the way the family pronounces their name, the way the people who live there pronounce the name of their place, and if a foreign word, the way it is pronounced in its native language.
Say-ko (Seiko) is a watch.
Sock-o (Sako) is a firearm.
Say it any way you want, don't change on account of what is correct, heavens no, don't do that...
All that changes is if you sound like you know what you are talking about...or not!