Wow I had no idea. I assumed it was Japanese: 書こうね ("let's write")
Thanks. I did look for a FAQ but could find it. It doesn’t seem to be linked from their read me documentation https://github.com/mawww/kakoune
Cocoon.
Really? I never would have guessed. It’s probably different for other accents, but with an Australian accent a word spelled like that would never be pronounced like “cocoon”.
That's surprising, since I'd expect Australian accents to pronounce the first "o" as a schwa (think the second "o" in "doctor"), which is in a way similar to the French "a".
It’s the “Kak” bit. We’d say it in a way that rhymes with “back”. But we’d say “Coc” in “Cocoon” in a way that sounds like “cook”.
...for the record, I got that slightly wrong. Australian pronounciation of the initial "Co" in "Cocoon" is more like "Kuh".
I'm australian, and I pronounce them identically, with the schwa