Cup Noodle was first sold in the United States in November 1973 at a time when Japanese productslike Toyota carswere designed to be different from those made in America yet easy for Americans to understand, pronounce and accept. Americanized as “Cup O’Noodles” – and later renamed “Cup N...
After Kalua pig comes Poke. Most people on the islands pronounce it Pokey (like Gumby's red pal) but I think it's pronounced Poke (rhymes with Okay). Otherwise it would be spelled Poki in Hawaiian. Anyway, it's basically raw fish salad. Now, before you go "Yuck!" lots of cultures...
the first responders get Amanda going again. "We were just about to stop working on you and pronounce you dead," Amanda remembers one of them saying. "You were blue and stiff, your jaw
The koreans pronounce it "lay-myun" which sounds more like the correct pronunciation. Ray-men sounds more like lo mein than rah-men, so while both incorrect, ray-men is closer. Secondly, even if you figure it's now an American word and it's commonly pronounced differently here, then ...