"Kah-gee" pronunciation is unclear

kslays

The description is as follows: "Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user."

This does not make it clear how the g is pronounced. Is it soft /dʒiː/ as in "gee-whiz", "geez" (meaning Jesus), "gee-willikers", "Geelong" (city in Australia), or is it hard /ˈɡiː/ as in "geezer"?

Instead, make it unambiguous. Perhaps an example like froggy, soggy, groggy, etc. could be helpful.

drunkdotmoe

It's かぎ or 鍵 (which means key in Japanese) so the gi should be pronounced /ɡʲ/. It actually is more clearly explained in one of the help/documentation pages (I'll update with a link when I find it.) If you want to hear a pronunciation you can check out this page.

kirkmc

It's G like it GIF.

Dustin

There is a phonetic script which can be used to clarify. I believe for Kagi it would be as below:

kirkmc

I have a master's degree in applied linguistics (albeit 30 years ago), and I don't know the phonetic script you show there. Phonetic scripts are useless for normies.

Dustin

kirkmc FWIW it's the IPA -- International Phonetic Alphabet

jogojapan

I am not convinced the pronunciation even of "gif" is consistent. I'd describe it as the "g" in "golf", as opposed to the "g" in "general".

artemp84

jogojapan that IS the joke (with gif example)

kslays

I don't know how I missed this idea: it rhymes with "doggy"!

RoxyRoxyRoxy

Maybe we could have a small button to hear it spoken aloud?

luked

Or leave the final pronunciation as an exercise for the reader 🙂

Esra

Bit more effort but you can also use Kagi Translate to play an audio of the translation here:

Potentially that's where we could embed the audio from, as would be another way to inform new users about Kagi Translate as a product 🙂

InternetChunk

This is only an “issue” for native english speakers. Most other languages pronounce Kagi like “G - if” or the G in geese