I've looked around and there is quite a few different ways of saying it.
A couple of examples:

Boke, as in Broke, without the 'r'
Bo-kay, as in Bow-tie and kay as in okay.

So how do YOU say it, or how should it be said properly?


Thanx!

It can be pronounced /ˈboŠke/ or /ˈboŠkÉ™/ (boke-aay[3] or boke-uh).

This post was edited by TheBlackRose66 on Apr 10 2009 01:10pm

boke-aay

apparently from wiki

for some reason i keep calling it bookey though... lol

I say it like Bokeh. Haha. I am not good at pronouncing English words. xD

the symbols don't show up but what your saying is that there are different correct ways of saying it?

Yes.
The word is Japanese, it stands for "Blur"

or fuzzy!

well i dunno what i should say. Maybe Bow-kay but then it sounds like bouquet :S

Perhaps boo-kay!!

This post was edited by doyleo on Apr 10 2009 02:15pm

Interesting, but correct me if I'm wrong, I don't see the relation of this thread to the photography forum.....

Lol.
Bokeh means Blur.
Bokeh is a photographic term meaning "Blur" that originated in Japan.
An example of Bokeh:

(Not mine)
The blurred background blur creates "circles" as you can see above

You can even make a small piece of paper with a shaped cut in the middle to control the bokeh!

(Heart cut gives heart bokeh!) (Not by me, again)

if there was a 'how to pronounce words' sub-forum, I would have posted it there

but as the post above says, Bokeh is what happens when you take a photo with a wide aperture and the areas not in focus become blurred.
I just found it interesting how different people say the word, but as I've found out there is not a definite way of saying it!