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Correct pronunciation of "bokeh" ... - wim - 02-15-2018 Came across this today: https://www.japandict.com/%E6%9A%88%E3%81%91 So once and far all, we know how it sounds when pronounced by a Japanese person (click on sound icon ) .... Kind regards, Wim Correct pronunciation of "bokeh" ... - Klaus - 02-15-2018 I have to admit that I didn't know the linguistic background so far ... The term comes from the Japanese word <i>boke</i> ( 暈㑠or ボケ ), which means <a class="" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bokeh" title="wikt:bokeh">"blur"</a> or "haze", or <i>boke-aji</i> ( ボケ味 ), the "blur quality". The Japanese term <i>boke</i> is also used in the sense of a mental haze or senility. <sup>[7]</sup> The term <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokashi_(disambiguation)" title="Bokashi (disambiguation)">bokashi</a> ( 暈ã‹ã— ) is related, meaning intentional blurring or gradation. The English spelling <i>bokeh</i> was popularized in 1997 in <i>Photo Techniques</i> magazine ... Correct pronunciation of "bokeh" ... - Brightcolours - 02-15-2018 The h was added to make clear how to pronounce it. Correct pronunciation of "bokeh" ... - stoppingdown - 02-15-2018 LOL. It's pronounced as it were Italian :lol: Once in a while things are simpler than they appear... |