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Originally posted by LordKathen:
Karoake, how is it pronounced? The proper way. It drives me nuts how everyone says "Karyoake". Isnt it just
Karoake? I tried searching for the pronunciation on the web, but to no avail...
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It drives me nuts when people admonish others on how to
properly pronounce a word that they cannot spell
properly 
Also, Reeka is right. Language is primarily a phenomenon that manifests itself in spoken forms - give precedence to the pronunciation, not the spelling. Don't complain that people do not say the word as it is spelled. Complain that the word is not spelled as it is pronounced.
In any case, people are too hung up on
correct pronunciation. We use language for communication, and as long as that is achieved, there is no problem. There are plenty of words that have alternative pronunciations. Tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to. Is one the
proper pronunciation, and the other
improper? Not at all. We simply have two accepted tokens that both represent the same concept - a tomato. Karaoke is the same. We have 3 tokens that all represent the concept of Karaoke. One is not
correct, and the others
incorrect. They are all
correct because they are all
understood as representing the concept.
This is repeated all over the language. Anyone who tries to tell you that there is a
proper method of pronunciation that is correct, and any deviations are incorrect, is just a fool.