How is "SEKI" pronounced?

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1. SEK-ee
2. sek-EE
3. SEE-key
4. see-KEY
5. SEE-kye
6. see-KYE
7. Knife town

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I was inclined to agree with cockroachfarm (SAY-KEY) however the person from Japan is most likely correct.

Neil
 
It's almost always referred to as ; Seki-city rather than just Seki.

To my ear, SAYkee-SITtee is the closest, but the "A" is more of a hybrid betwen an "E" and an "A".

sal
 
It is my (VERY BASIC) understanding that Japanese has no accents and that each sylable of any word is generally pronounced equally.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

-John
 
Don't know, and don't care. All I know is, every knife I have ever seen with Seki, Japan stamped or etched on the blade has been of very high quality.
 
I was told SEKI is pronounced like SEGA the video game. Makes sense. They're both Japanese. Sekeeeeee!
 
It is "seh" and "key" pronounced eaqualy, "sehkey".

Here is the pronunciation of the japanese vowels:

A= ah.

E= eh.

I= ee.

O= oh.

U= oo.

Each letter in a word is pronounced.

For example, the word Samurai is mistakenly pronounced as Sa-muh-reye
now say it with the propper vowel rules: "Sah-moo-rah-ee", the "rah-ee" sounds blend together to sound like "reye". Get it??
 
"Say Ki" with the "Ki" pronounced as the way you would pronounce the "ki" in "Suzuki". I believe.
 
I heard some folks who seemed to know what they were talking about refer to Bob Lum's last name as "Loom". So I started to say it that way.

Needless to say, I spoke with Mr. Lum on the phone and he answered it as "Bob Lum", not "Loom."

Same thing happened with Michael Janich. Somone at a knife show referred to his last name pronounced as "Yahnick" and seemed to take relish in correcting me, which impressed me and sounded like he knew what he was talking about, so I went around repeating that pronouncement. Then I learned it's good ole' Janich, not "Yanick."

I won't listen next time around when the next name pops up sounding differently.
 
Originally posted by Boink
I heard some folks who seemed to know what they were talking about refer to Bob Lum's last name as "Loom". So I started to say it that way.

Needless to say, I spoke with Mr. Lum on the phone and he answered it as "Bob Lum", not "Loom."
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Bob Lum is not Japanese, he is Chinese. Their Alphabets are very different. The people you spoke to probably thought he was Japanese, therefor pronouncing the "U" in the Japanese "OO" maner. The only thing is, there is no letter "L" in the Japanese language.
 
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