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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: whispers #132042 08/29/04 01:03 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country P.S. re "Karaoke" means "tone deaf". Actually, that's just a rumor. The Japanese word stems from the words: "kara" (‹ó) which means 'empty' (same as in Karate Karate or karate-do (‹óŽè“¹), a Japanese martial art introduced to the Japanese main islands from Okinawa in 1922) and "oke" which is short for 'orchestra'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted under the radar plutarch 08/25/04 11:38 AM Re: under the radar amemeba 08/27/04 12:28 AM Re: under the radar plutarch 08/27/04 11:04 AM Re: under the radar amemeba 08/30/04 02:06 AM Re: under the radar grapho 09/01/04 10:41 AM Re: under the radar Zed 08/28/04 12:30 AM Re: under the radar Faldage 08/28/04 12:03 PM Re: whispers Wordwind 08/28/04 12:10 PM Re: whispers grapho 08/29/04 01:03 AM Re: whispers grapho 08/29/04 01:03 AM Re: trademark vs. copyright tsuwm 08/28/04 02:32 PM Re: Harrumph wow 08/28/04 04:36 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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