GDT: G25 - MIN @ NJD - Kahk-o-clock - 6:00PM Central - FSN

[Bazeek]

Zucker - Staal - Zuccarello
Parise - Koivu - Fiala
Greenway - Eriksson-Ek - Kunin
Donato - Rask - Hartman

Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Soucy - Hunt

Kahkonen




Hall - Hischier - Palmieri
Wood - Zacha - Bratt
Boqvist - Hughes - Simmonds
Coleman - Zajac - Gusev

Greene - Severson
Butcher - Subban
Mueller - Vatanen

Domingue

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[16thOverallSaveUs]

I think his name is actually pronounced: (kah-cone-in)

 

[Bazeek]

I think his name is actually pronounced: (kah-cone-in)

The Iowa Wild radio guy insists it's "Kak," rhymes with "back." I struggle to accept this.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Whate

The Iowa Wild radio guy insists it's "Kak," rhymes with "back." I struggle to accept this.

Whatever it is will be rejected throughout his career

 

[DANOZ28]

K2 hes a mountain!

 

[TaLoN]

Apparently his nickname is Khaki.... like the pants....

 

[AJ Thelen]

The proper (Finnish) way is hard to pronounce in english because the letters ä and ö doesn’t exist. But you can hear it after ca. 0:20 in this video.

 

[AKL]

The proper (Finnish) way is hard to pronounce in english because the letters ä and ö doesn’t exist. But you can hear it after ca. 0:20 in this video.

I reject that pronunciation and will proceed with my own.

 

[TaLoN]

Cackling Kahkonen

 

[AJ Thelen]

I reject that pronunciation and will proceed with my own.

The human race accepts your rejection.

 

[TaLoN]

If we can learn to say Gabberick for Gaborik instead of GaBOREick, we can learn KACK-ohnen

I mean come on, he's got Khaki for a nickname already! He doesn't wear breezers, he wears khakis!

 

[Bazeek]

It took me 15 entire seconds to come up with this title and now Finland has ruined it with their excessive number of vowels (which is still probably fewer than in English).

 

[AKL]

It took me 15 entire seconds to come up with this title and now Finland has ruined it with their excessive number of vowels (which is still probably fewer than in English).

I refuse to let Finland ruin this. Don’t stop the party. Bud Light and Pitbull. Dalé.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Stanley Cup Winner incoming!

 

[Raimo Sillanpää]

It took me 15 entire seconds to come up with this title and now Finland has ruined it with their excessive number of vowels (which is still probably fewer than in English).

There are 8 vowels in Finnish.
A, E, I, O, U, Y, Ä, Ö

 

[Bazeek]

There are 8 vowels in Finnish.
A, E, I, O, U, Y, Ä, Ö

Do they all only make one sound? Or is it like English where there are "5 vowels" *wink wink*?

Japanese is the only language I know of that gets this right.

 

[Raimo Sillanpää]

Do they all only make one sound? Or is it like English where there are "5 vowels" *wink wink*?

Japanese is the only language I know of that gets this right.

Finnish Grammar - Vowels

Quoting -
Back vowels are a[a], o [o], and u , middle vowels are e [e] and i , and front vowels are ä [æ], ö [ø], and y [y]. The guideline for pronunciation follows the system of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

not a linguist, or fan of grammar so you will have to read it up yourself

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back on topic Kähkönen is a keeper

 

[TaLoN]

Do they all only make one sound? Or is it like English where there are "5 vowels" *wink wink*?

You're forgetting the "sometimes" vowel in your count.

 

[Bazeek]

Finnish Grammar - Vowels

Quoting -
Back vowels are a[a], o [o], and u , middle vowels are e [e] and i , and front vowels are ä [æ], ö [ø], and y [y]. The guideline for pronunciation follows the system of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

not a linguist, or fan of grammar so you will have to read it up yourself

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back on topic Kähkönen is a keeper

That's not nearly as bad as I expected.

 

[AKL]

back on topic Kähkönen is a keeper

He’s a goalkeeper for sure

 

[Uberdachen]

He’s a goalkeeper for sure

Hopefully he's not a ghoti.

 

[Bazeek]

Hopefully he's not a ghoti.

Ghresh ghoti! GHRESH GHOTI!

 

[57special]

I don't have a big problem with Finnish vowel abuse. It's the consonants that need to be protected from that otherwise pleasant country.

 

[2Pair]

If we can learn to say Gabberick for Gaborik instead of GaBOREick, we can learn KACK-ohnen

I mean come on, he's got Khaki for a nickname already! He doesn't wear breezers, he wears khakis!

We can just call him Jake from State Farm

 

[Minnesota]

Tonight pretty much makes or breaks his NHL career, I guess.

Best of luck, Kahki!