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How do you pronounce Loki?

61 replies

PunkyPod · 15/07/2014 18:06

Basically that....

Is it:
Low-ki (long first syllable)
Lo-ki (short first syllable)

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 15/07/2014 18:21

I'd say the second one - Lo-ki.

atticusclaw · 15/07/2014 18:21

I'm scared that this question is under the topic of baby names…….

SloanePeterson · 15/07/2014 18:21

It's pronounced 'mother please don't do it, I'm an innocent child.'

fledermaus · 15/07/2014 18:22

It was Low-key in that movie with Matt Damon. Isn't it the name of a Norse god?

ilovepowerhoop · 15/07/2014 18:23

a friend on facebook has a dog with that name!

Trazzletoes · 15/07/2014 18:26

It's like low-key.

Artandco · 15/07/2014 18:26

Use it as a middle name. It's fine

BettyBolognese · 15/07/2014 18:26

If it Loki as in the avengers... Then it's Low-key.

Trazzletoes · 15/07/2014 18:28

Also generally not a. Attractive character. See anything to do with The Avengers. Or that film with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Alanis Morrissette as God.

GalaxyInMyPants · 15/07/2014 18:28

As in I went to a very low key wedding last week.

atticusclaw · 15/07/2014 18:28

just don't. Please don't.

StrangeGlue · 15/07/2014 18:30

Low-key

Aethelfleda · 15/07/2014 18:33

Er- it's low-key, but seriously, read your Norse Myths before you pick it! He's the trickster god who is mischievous as hell, happily made everyone's lives miserable and ended up trapped, bound and writhing in agony as serpent's venom endlessely poured into his eyes for all eternity until worlds' end....

Sophronia · 15/07/2014 18:35

Low-key

AnguaResurgam · 15/07/2014 18:36

I've only ever heard Low-ki (for both the god and the anti-aircraft and monitoring system).

CollieEye · 15/07/2014 18:36

My dog is a Loki. She was a mischievous pup, it suits her.

It's your child, but you will always see raised eyebrows from those who recognise the name.

noblegiraffe · 15/07/2014 18:37

Low key. As in the Norse god who turns into a female horse and gives birth to an eight-legged horse after being impregnated by a stallion.

Also the baddie in Thor and the Avengers films.

Possibly not a good choice.

frolicsandfiddledeedees · 15/07/2014 18:39

I had a fling with someone once who had a child called Loki. God knows why, his other DC had a really really normal boring name.

Anyway. No, OP, just no!

scottishmummy · 15/07/2014 18:40

With scottish accent lookey

PrincessOfChina · 15/07/2014 18:41

It's a wine tasting shop in Birmingham so if you used it near me I'd think you'd had a good night out.

Realitybitesyourbum · 15/07/2014 18:41

but what if people think your child is called Lochia if they hear you calling them?
not a chance you want to take!!!

thatstoast · 15/07/2014 18:45

I think the difference between Loki and Lochia in terms of the 'call across the park' test is minimal.

Still I would pronounce it 'Low-Key'

thatstoast · 15/07/2014 18:46

Wait, I feel like my last post could be misinterpreted as recommending Lochia. I'm not.

impatienceisavirtue · 15/07/2014 18:47

We had a dog called Loki too. Please don't do it.

scottishmummy · 15/07/2014 18:48

Lochia has prouniunced ch, lowki is lookey
Different words
Id not want to be shouting either frankly