Steve Gibby
Red Savant
'Bow-kay'?? How the heck does an 'keh' make any other sound than "meh"?
In most languages worldwide the vowels "a, e, i. o. u" are pronounced"
a = "ah" sound
e = "a" long "a" sound
i = "eee" long "e" sound
o = long "o" sound
u = long "oo" sound, not a sound like the word "you"
A lot of Spanish is spoken in the USA. Think about the Spanish words you know, and you'll see that the vowel pronunciation I described above is accurate. Once you understand that you can pronounce most non-English words even though you don't speak the language.
There are exceptions though. In English, French, and some other languages the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) can be pronounced many different ways. But in the vast majority of languages, the vowels are pronounced the way I outlined above, or very similarly.
Hope this helps...