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Old 2010-07-22, 22:23   Link #61
Vexx
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
The Japanese are real fond of taking a first syllable or two of each word in a phrase and slapping them together.... sort of like an acronym.

One example is the word karaoke, which blends the japanese word for empty (karappo) with the import word orchestra (okesutora).
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