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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-224 days agoShouldn’t it be chrap? So Korean rap is krap?
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 days agowhy would it be ch and not c? Kpop, Jpop, Cpop. Krap, Jrap, Crap.
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoBecause the consonant is ch and not c
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agothen it would be Kopop and Japop and the joke wouldn’t exist, right?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoBecause “ch” is the first sound in the word.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-224 days agoAnd “ko” is the first sound in “ko-re-an”. But we just take the first letter. Just like “ja” is the first sound in “Japanese” but it’s also “jpop”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoIt’s the first syllable, but “k” and “o” are two separate sounds. “J” and “a” are as well. The “c” and “h” in “China” are not separate sounds.
Shouldn’t it be chrap?
So Korean rap is krap?
why would it be ch and not c?
Kpop, Jpop, Cpop.
Krap, Jrap, Crap.
Because the consonant is
chand notcthen it would be Kopop and Japop and the joke wouldn’t exist, right?
Why would the H be included?
Because “ch” is the first sound in the word.
And “ko” is the first sound in “ko-re-an”. But we just take the first letter.
Just like “ja” is the first sound in “Japanese” but it’s also “jpop”.
It’s the first syllable, but “k” and “o” are two separate sounds. “J” and “a” are as well. The “c” and “h” in “China” are not separate sounds.