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From: Val Nelson <super-chief-val@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:20:09 -0500
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Interesting that the Mikado should pop up in recent discussions.  The steam 
locomotive Mikado 2-8-2 was originally
named in 1897 after a group was built for Nippon Railway of
Japan.  The name means "Emperor of Japan" and the 1885 opening of Gilbert & 
Sullivan's opera "The Mikado" brought the
name into use.  During W.W.II, several railroads tried to rename them as 
MacArthurs.  However the Mikado name stuck.
I remember hearing a Japanese opera company perform Gilbert & Sullivan's show 
in the early `70's when I was a kid.  As
such, I distinctly recall that they pronounced it as [mih-KI'-doh], with the 
hard "I" rather than a soft 'a'.  It
stuck with me and I still pronounce it that way.  I figured that they should 
know better than anybody how to pronounce
the name of their own emperor better than anybody.

jsteamernubes@aol.com wrote:

> The Mikado, of course, was/is a famous Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of that
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