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Just please don't call it paw-key. It's poe-key (rhymes with low-key) although in truth there's a gap between poe & key https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gIrqQhw

Just please don't call it paw-key. It's poe-key (rhymes with low-key) although in truth there's a gap between poe & key https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gIrqQhwkM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gIrqQhwkM And yes I know someone is going to complain it's not English. So what. Neither is the pronounciation of pizza. If you can bother to say pee-tsa instead of piz-ah you can bother to say poe-key instead of paw-key

q1t 10y ago
What about pronunciation?)
ocb 10y ago
To be that nitpicky asshole, "pizza" as an example doesn't really do anything to argue your case because there's plenty of non-English-language brands that Americans typically pronounce with an English pronunciation (Volkswagen, IKEA, Nutella, etc.)
dwc 10y ago
Just say ポッキー and you'll say it right every time.
beachstartup 10y ago
i'm going to keep saying pawkey.
yladiz 10y ago
It doesn't matter if people understand you. It's fine if you want to say it like it's said in Japanese, but don't be pedantic and make others feel bad for saying it a specific way.
mwfunk 10y ago
Do you correctly pronounce "Nikon" as "Nee con", then explain to your English-speaking friends that that's how it's pronounced in Japan even though Nikon marketing doesn't even use that pronunciation in English-speaking countries? Do you correctly pronounce "champagne" the French way around your English-speaking friends, even though the French pronunciation sounds almost nothing like "sham pain" so of course you have to explain yourself every single time you say the word? Does actual phlegm emerge from your throat whenever you correctly pronounce the Greek letter chi at the end of TeX and LaTeX, or do you just say "lay tech" or (god forbid) "lay techs"? Most importantly, do you say "guh noo slash lin ucks" and go around correcting everyone who doesn't? Because if you do any of these things, please, please, please stop. Please. Please. Seriously, it is so not worth it.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  > or do you just say "lay tech" or (god forbid) "lay techs"? I thought it was "lah tech."
- greggman 10y ago
  I would love to say all of those words correctly if someone taught me the correct way. Example: Recently visited France. Learned "framboise" ends with 'z' where as lots of English speaking people some how think the correct French pronunciation is fram-buwa. It's not it's fram-buawz http://forvo.com/word/framboise/ http://forvo.com/word/framboise/ If someone says Bay-Nay-Nay for Banana or Hey-Ker Neh-wass for Hacker News I'd expect people would correct them. There's a reason we correct people's pronunciations. If we didn't they'd eventually stop being able to communicate. You might have been able to excuse it when it was harder to communicate world wide. now you can talk to at least 1/2 the world from your pocket. No more excuses.

q1t 10y ago

What about pronunciation?)

ocb 10y ago

To be that nitpicky asshole, "pizza" as an example doesn't really do anything to argue your case because there's plenty of non-English-language brands that Americans typically pronounce with an English pronunciation (Volkswagen, IKEA, Nutella, etc.)

dwc 10y ago

Just say ポッキー and you'll say it right every time.

beachstartup 10y ago

i'm going to keep saying pawkey.

yladiz 10y ago

It doesn't matter if people understand you. It's fine if you want to say it like it's said in Japanese, but don't be pedantic and make others feel bad for saying it a specific way.

mwfunk 10y ago

Do you correctly pronounce "Nikon" as "Nee con", then explain to your English-speaking friends that that's how it's pronounced in Japan even though Nikon marketing doesn't even use that pronunciation in English-speaking countries? Do you correctly pronounce "champagne" the French way around your English-speaking friends, even though the French pronunciation sounds almost nothing like "sham pain" so of course you have to explain yourself every single time you say the word? Does actual phlegm emerge from your throat whenever you correctly pronounce the Greek letter chi at the end of TeX and LaTeX, or do you just say "lay tech" or (god forbid) "lay techs"? Most importantly, do you say "guh noo slash lin ucks" and go around correcting everyone who doesn't? Because if you do any of these things, please, please, please stop. Please. Please. Seriously, it is so not worth it.

justinlardinois 10y ago
> or do you just say "lay tech" or (god forbid) "lay techs"? I thought it was "lah tech."
greggman 10y ago
I would love to say all of those words correctly if someone taught me the correct way. Example: Recently visited France. Learned "framboise" ends with 'z' where as lots of English speaking people some how think the correct French pronunciation is fram-buwa. It's not it's fram-buawz http://forvo.com/word/framboise/ http://forvo.com/word/framboise/ If someone says Bay-Nay-Nay for Banana or Hey-Ker Neh-wass for Hacker News I'd expect people would correct them. There's a reason we correct people's pronunciations. If we didn't they'd eventually stop being able to communicate. You might have been able to excuse it when it was harder to communicate world wide. now you can talk to at least 1/2 the world from your pocket. No more excuses.