Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | Douglas Koller, Latin & French <latinfrench@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 23, 2004, 14:46 |
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Joe writes:
>For instance, pronouncing 'karaoke' [karaoke] would be wrong. [a] and
>[o] never appear together in English, and [e] simply doesn't exist.
>[kari@uki(or variants)] is the legal English pronunciation that hurts
>my ears the least.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! /k&rioki/ makes my flesh crawl. It's
/karaoke/, plain and simple. People may think I sound affected when I
say it that way, but I've lived in Japan -- I've earned it.
Kou
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