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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: whispers #132042 08/29/2004 1:03 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict 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 Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted under the radar plutarch 08/25/2004 11:38 AM Re: under the radar amemeba 08/27/2004 12:28 AM Re: under the radar plutarch 08/27/2004 11:04 AM Re: under the radar amemeba 08/30/2004 2:06 AM Re: under the radar grapho 09/01/2004 10:41 AM Re: under the radar Zed 08/28/2004 12:30 AM Re: under the radar Faldage 08/28/2004 12:03 PM Re: whispers Wordwind 08/28/2004 12:10 PM Re: whispers grapho 08/29/2004 1:03 AM Re: whispers grapho 08/29/2004 1:03 AM Re: trademark vs. copyright tsuwm 08/28/2004 2:32 PM Re: Harrumph wow 08/28/2004 4:36 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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