Empty orchestra
Everyone knows and uses the Japanese loan word karaoke, probably without realising what interesting development it took. Kara means 'empty, void' and okesutora - short oke - means 'orchestra' and is an English loan word in the Japanese language. So karaoke is a kind of double and reversed borrowed English-Japanese loan word, actually meaning 'empty orchestra'!
Sent by: Oliver
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