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Question: How do you pronounce the word "bokeh" which is used in photography!?
if you could give me the phonetic spelling that'd be great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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It's a japanese word, offically spelled "boke"!. (The 'h' was added so people didn't pronouce like joke)!.

bō?kā

Here's the wikipedia entry


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Bo-kah

Good grief, people!. It's not that hard a word!. Bo-kah or, if you prefer, bo-kuh!. It does not rhyme with bouquet!.

If you don't believe me, it's right here on Mike Johnston's blog!.
http://theonlinephotographer!.blogspot!.co!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Asking a southern guy to pronounce japanese terms is probably a recipe for disaster!. I was always told it was pronouned "bo-ke"

Or I guess here it would be bo-ke ya'llWww@QuestionHome@Com

boke-aayWww@QuestionHome@Com