Editing Bokeh (section)

===Use abroad===
The English spelling ''bokeh'' was popularized in 1997 in ''Photo Techniques'' magazine, when Mike Johnston, the editor at the time, commissioned three papers on the topic for the May/June 1997 issue; he altered the spelling to suggest the correct pronunciation to English speakers, saying "it is properly pronounced with bo as in bone and ke as in Kenneth, with equal stress on either syllable".<ref name=johnston>{{cite web
 | author = Johnston, Mike
 | date = April 4, 2004
 | url = http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-04-04-04.shtml
 | title = The Sunday Morning Photographer, 2004: Bokeh in Pictures
 | publisher = luminous-landscape.com
 | access-date = July 3, 2009
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 | archive-date = 3 January 2015
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 }}</ref>

The spellings ''bokeh'' and ''boke'' have both been in use since at least 1996, when Merklinger had suggested "or Bokeh if you prefer."<ref>{{cite web
 | author = Merklinger, Harold
 | url = http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/bokeh.shtml
 | title = Understanding Boke
 | publisher = luminous-landscape.com
 | access-date = July 3, 2009
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130409135024/http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/bokeh.shtml
 | archive-date = 9 April 2013
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 }}</ref> The term ''bokeh'' has appeared in photography books as early as 1998.<ref name="Gerry Kopelow 1998 118–119"/>
It is sometimes pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|k|ə}} {{respell|BOH|kə}}.<ref name="Wes McDermott 2009 198">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CAlJgUyEs0C&q=bokeh+boke-uh&pg=PA198|title=Real World Modo: The Authorized Guide: In the Trenches with Modo|author=Wes McDermott|publisher=Focal Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-240-81199-4|page=198}}</ref>