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Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 22:09
Mark J. Reed and many have written:
> (*) At this point someone will no doubt bring up "karaoke" again. I > don't know why it got borrowed as /kErioki/.
I've always assumed there was contamination, somehow, from another *Foreign Entertainment Craze*-- viz. the Carioca, a now forgotten dance of the 40s/50s. It was, of course, Brazilian in inspiration if not origin-- I think it was created in Hollywood, actually.