Pronunciation

I was taught to pronounce Reiki as: Ray key.:)

Sacrel:rolleyes:

When I learnt Reiki, my teacher taught it as "Ray Key" which is generally the accepted way in the west from most of the literature you read.

However, on my course was a lovely Japanese lady (and here she is: [url]Jikiden Reiki Rika Tanaka[/url]) who had married an English chap (also on the Reiki course), and she explained that the pronunciation is not easy for Westerners, because when pronounced correctly it's sort of half way between saying "Ray Key" and "Lay Key"... sort of like saying "rlay key" (she could pronounce it, and the rest of us struggled). It's a bit like trying to get a French person to pronounce "Strawberry" as they have trouble with the "t" and "r" being pronounced together, so often say "Stwawberry" (I know a lot of French people ;)).

Hope that helps

All Love and Reiki Hugs

You say potato ... I say potato

x daz x

Thanks for your replies folks.

I guess it's a bit like scone (as in gone) and scone (as in tone)!