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5430 days ago
Is it pronounced "fuk eye me" or "fuk eee me"???
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pwim
5430 days ago
Following Japanese pronunciation rules, it would be fu-key-may (though like Heroku, it isn't a real Japanese word).
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sambeau
5430 days ago
Heroku is a Glaswegian-Bovine greeting. Strickly speaking it should be Arighku.
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troels
5430 days ago
Who the heck is
Glaswegian-Bovine
?
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sambeau
5430 days ago
It's when the fine people of Glasgow (in Scotland) talk to cows.
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troels
5430 days ago
I see. Thanks for educating me.
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aculver
5430 days ago
"mei" is "may". "me" is "meh". :)
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aculver
5430 days ago
If it's a transliteration of ふきめ then it's 'foo-key-meh'.
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felipemnoa
5430 days ago
Maybe the 'i' is silent?
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palish
5430 days ago
foo-kai-me.
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Swizec
5430 days ago
I definitely like this pronounciation.
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Natsu
5430 days ago
If it's supposed to be Japanese, it would be pronounced key, not kai. I'm not sure if it even means anything, though. GIS makes it appear that フキメ may have something to do with fishing lures, but it's not in my dictionary.
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