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Would work really well on a Georgian man.
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No one in their right mind will ever use it in Ukraine or Russia, it's obsolete for a reason: it sounds ridiculous and unpleasant, especially that -kaki part. I guess, it was used by Gogol for a comic effect.
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According to the Wiktionary article listed below, the IPA pronunciation of Akaki is: /ɑkʼɑkʼi/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98 (in English) [noted -ed]
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98 (in English) [noted -ed]
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It's not "აქაქი" in Georgian, "აკაკი" is the correct spelling of this name. [noted -ed]
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Akaki is in use among Russian speakers as well, a character in Gogol's Greatcoat is “Akakii Akakievich, office copyist.
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To flagman1 from March 26, 2016: Not quite. In the Russian-speaking world, Akaki is a variant transcription of Акакий (Akakiy). Other variant transcriptions of that name include Akakii, Akakij and Akaky.
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Akaki is also used in Russia and Ukraine. It's mainly associated with Akaky Akakievich, the hero of Nikolai Gogol's short story The Overcoat.
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