Thread:IcestarRiver/@comment-30019672-20170105104339

I was gonna undo the trivia but I wanted to run it through you first. I agree that the katakana definitely says "fee-ne" with a short e at the end. But if you take the (highly possible?) origin of the unit name "fine" into consideration, a quick google search also lists "fee-nay" as a way to pronounce it. I personally think it's somewhere in between a short e and the rougher "ay" sound because it is an Italian word so the ending would be a little softer(?) sounding hence the omission of the イ in the katakana. I hope this makes sense. 