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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·edit-21 month agoShouldn’t it be chrap? So Korean rap is krap?
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agowhy would it be ch and not c? Kpop, Jpop, Cpop. Krap, Jrap, Crap.
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoBecause the consonant is ch and not c
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agothen it would be Kopop and Japop and the joke wouldn’t exist, right?
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy would the H be included?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoBecause “ch” is the first sound in the word.
minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month 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-up2arrow-down1·1 month 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.