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Re:How 'OK' took over the world (2011) by KozmoNau7 on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:56AM (#14535905)
"Oh-ko" makes the vowels long, but the vowels should be short, almost clipped.

In IPA notation "ko" would be /kʰɔ/, I think.

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Re:How 'OK' took over the world (2011) by qguv on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:01AM (#14536293)
You're looking for brackets, not slashes, since you're giving a phonetic discription, not a phonemic one.
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Re:How 'OK' took over the world (2011) by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:03AM (#14544734)
Sheesh, totally outnerded :-)
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