Pronounce "Puukko."

[redsquid2]

I am an English speaker, never learned anything about Finnish. I assume "puukko" is a Finnish word. I googled it, and came to a youtube video, where it is pronounced like "POON - cow."

 

[The cow]

Poo-Ko

 

[LukeTheSpook]

Poon-cow

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[LukeTheSpook]

http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/Puukko

Looks like it's pronounced differently everywhere

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[mtangent]

http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/Puukko

Looks like it's pronounced differently everywhere

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Nice to know some things never change.
I pronounce it poo-ko. I know nothing of Finland.

 

[DocJD]

I am an English speaker, never learned anything about Finnish. I assume "puukko" is a Finnish word. I googled it, and came to a youtube video, where it is pronounced like "POON - cow."

Hey red ! Here and I thought you knew EVERYTHING ! HFinn would know for sure but you already pooped in that pool ! I have no earthly notion but just like you I don't mind soiling a thread for my personal amusement . Anyway I love the sound of " POON-COW " . I might buy a cheap Finnish knife just so I could say that .

 

[timc_fla]

It sounds more like Poo-Ah, see here: https://forvo.com/word/puukko/
spoken by a man from finland.

 

[brancron]

I'm perfectly satisfied with pronouncing it as "pooh-koh." Pooh as in "Winnie-the-Pooh," and koh as in "dough." With the accent on "pooh."

 

[Dr Heelhook]

You don't have to pronounce it exactly like a person speaking Finnish, because you're speaking English not Finnish. Pronounce it well enough to get the point across, but don't try to use any phonemes that don't exist in the English language (unless you're actually trying to speak Finnish).

 

[22-rimfire]

Learn something every day. I mispronounced Sako for years.

 

[USMCPOP]

Is the part out the back pronounced POON TANG?

 

[19-3ben]

Is the part out the back pronounced POON TANG?

You are a bad bad person.

 

[katanas]

To get the Finnish pronunciation, Google a translating/pronunciation site. Otherwise, I dare say almost anyone into knives (Finnish or not) will know what you mean when you say "poo-ko".

 

[SharpieB]

Damn, I got it first try. I can’t pronounce Asiago or cilantro, but puukko is no problem. Go figure.

 

[A.L.]

In finnish, every letter is pronounced out loud.

Puu = kind of like the slang word "boo" but with harder P. There is no H in the sound, so it's not like "poo".
kko = very snappy, fast "go", but the g is pronounced hard like K letter.

In between Puu and kko there is slight pause; this is because there is to K letters.

 

[A.L.]

This inspires me to make a video about this and to explain it further because I could not find a single video about it

 

[91bravo]

I call it a poo coh too. Potatoe, potahtoe.....

 

[BITEME]

poo koh

 

[A.L.]

Edit: nevermind

 

[knarfeng]

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Keep the adult "humor" in Whine and Cheese.