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Pronunciation - To-fu or Tof-u?

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How do you pronounce Tofu?

I've been having a discussion with my mother, who believes that you pronounce the word "tofu" as if it has an 'ff' digraph, rather than a single 'f', so i want to get peoples opinions from here.

Do you pronounce tofu as
1. Toe-fu
or 2. Toff-u?

Much appreciated =)

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Reply 1

shell_owusu

I say it like number 1- I've never heard the latter :s-smilie:

Reply 2

Manzzzzz

1

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Reply 3

tuesday91

First one

Reply 4

whitepearlbaby

First man.

Reply 5

oh_eight

Toe-fu.

I don't think I've ever heard someone say Toff-u. :/

Reply 6

Champagne Supernova

Toe-fu is where it's at. :holmes:

Reply 7

DCalfine

This is how.

Reply 8

NinjaBread

Toe-fu

Reply 9

rosieee91

Ewwwwww that toe is WEIRD SHIZZLE!

Toe-fu again!

Reply 10

diskohuelga

Well, its of japanese origin so they are equal in what part you stress.
So its not Toff-fu, its To-fu.
geddit?

Reply 11

frogout

Tofu is a japanese word, which should actually be spelt "Toufu" and is pronounced "toh-fu"

:hat2:

Reply 12

SparklingCrystalsInTheAir

Right, the correct version would be the one that is phonetically similar to the chinese word which it is derived from.
In chinese (mandarin), this would be pronouced to-fu. not tof-u.

Reply 13

lalala...

first one ! :smile:

Reply 14

taheki

Its "Toff-you"

As in "you're a toff"

As in "this coagulated soy milk product reflects your snobbery"

Reply 15

nuodai

The Japanese Romaji for it is tōfu (with a long 'o'), so if we're being really pedantic we should also use a long O in English; that is, "toe-foo". As it happens, it doesn't matter how you pronounce it, because people will know what you're on about.