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Funny Company Names....
CatalinaWOW:
A sushi bar near me named "Yuki Sushi". Obviously correctly pronounced you-key, but another pronunciation is obvious. One of those failures to cross language barriers like the Chevy Nova.
McBryce:
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on May 31, 2021, 03:53:02 am ---A sushi bar near me named "Yuki Sushi". Obviously correctly pronounced you-key, but another pronunciation is obvious. One of those failures to cross language barriers like the Chevy Nova.
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Yuki means snow. It is also sometimes a nickname for girls called Yukari. But it is pronounced Yuki, not you-key.
McBryce.
vk6zgo:
There was a "sole trader" in Perth called "Long Hung"----fortunate chap!
He wasn't as fortunate as the car mechanic, "Mr Tripenis", however.
Getting away from vulgarity, there was the other chap,"HamHing"--- I often wordered what his hobby was!
Not a company name but funny nonetheless ----the bloke whose phone book entry was "A.Slob". ;D
CatalinaWOW:
--- Quote from: McBryce on May 31, 2021, 06:43:48 am ---
--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on May 31, 2021, 03:53:02 am ---A sushi bar near me named "Yuki Sushi". Obviously correctly pronounced you-key, but another pronunciation is obvious. One of those failures to cross language barriers like the Chevy Nova.
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Yuki means snow. It is also sometimes a nickname for girls called Yukari. But it is pronounced Yuki, not you-key.
McBryce.
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So how does one pronounce Yuki correctly? I can puzzle out phonetic markings or use crude representations like I did.
For an American speaker of English yuckee is a likely pronunciation, and is less appealing than snow as a food descriptor.
McBryce:
Yes, it's more or less pronounced like a child would describe food they don't like: Yukky!
McBryce.
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