A Conversation for Karaoke

Karaoke

Post 1

Captain Caprice

Actually "kara" means "empty" as in "karate"
"te" meaning "hand"...."empty hand".
"Oke" is a Japanese nickname for "orchestra"
so the term, "karaoke" is Japanese for "Empty Orchestra."


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Post 2

Shep

I belive "oke" is derived directly from the word orchestra!


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