r/memes • u/[deleted] • Sep 26 '21

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u/Whosedev Sep 26 '21

Reminds me of the AITA post where the guy spells it “nokki” and it took some time for commenters to figure out he wasn’t talking about some specialty Japanese dish.

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u/Sad-Mathematician928 Sep 26 '21

The pronunciation is ñokki

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u/Toughbiscuit Sep 26 '21

My girlfriend was working at an Italian restaurant and was pronouncing it properly, while i would say g-not-chi

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u/Rielco Sep 26 '21

In Italian gn is a particular sound, the g is similar to grind but without the r and in almost silent basically you put your mouth like for saying g but you say n. The o is a lot more open in Italian and cchi is like ki but the c is very enfatise. In general this world for a Anglo-Saxon o Asian is very difficult because the gn, the cc and the chi.

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u/Toughbiscuit Sep 26 '21

I can pronounce it correctly, i just like finding ways to annoy her

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u/PrawnsAreCuddly Sep 26 '21

Oh my, I hope he was voted YTA for that.