Karaoke

[Aloysius]

Tuq - definitely - we should also start a thread that vaguely alludes to the karaoke participants and outing, and then we all start chiming in and ignore other posters [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Oh and for your edification (Karaoke Box = KTV (for Taiwanese) = Noraebang (for Koreanz)):

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Karaoke Box is a variant of karaoke that is popular in East Asia. It features a small to medium-sized private room containing karaoke equipment for a group of friends to rent in timed increments. A monitor in the room displays lyrics atop a themed music video. The music videos are often not the official videos, but are videos made especially for KTV establishments. A typical KTV establishment contains 10-20 such rooms as well as a main "karaoke bar" area in the front. KTV centers can scale to hundreds of rooms and can be extremely opulent. KTV establishments often sell refreshments.

KTVs are a common pastime in places such as Taiwan and China. Very successful KTV chains in Taiwan include Holiday KTV and Cashbox KTV.

"KTV" is an abbreviation for karaoke television, derived as a reference to "MTV", which means "music video" in Asian languages. The name varies across countries.

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-Al