Let's Make Karaoke A Meme

It really should be.
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  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    Aggretsuko
  • kill living beings
    my japanese coworker said "karaoke" and i was like holy shit, that's right, we fucking butchered that word
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

    Relevant part starts at 3:40.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Calica said:

    Aggretsuko

    I was about to say...
  • edited 2018-05-23 03:33:55

    my japanese coworker said "karaoke" and i was like holy shit, that's right, we fucking butchered that word

    is it basically "cada okay" with an emphasis on the last syllable?

    fwiw Cantonese has it as basically "kala okay" all at the same intonation

    meanwhile i think English speakers like making final e's in some foreign words long e's for some reason
    probably because it's what's done with some Greek-derived words (e.g. psyche)
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I get how the final vowel became a long e sound.

    What I don't get is how the second vowel became a long e sound.
  • edited 2018-05-23 04:00:08

    I get how the final vowel became a long e sound.


    What I don't get is how the second vowel became a long e sound.
    wait, do you mean the second a, or the o?
    the o makes sense
    the a doesn't but i've never heard it said like that
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    The second a.

    You've never heard it said like "Carry-Oki"?
  • The second a.


    You've never heard it said like "Carry-Oki"?
    Oh, the second A becoming a long E sound, not a long A sound.

    I think that's just a corruption of "kara Okee".
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