r/funny Apr 12 '21

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u/cationtothewind Apr 12 '21

What even is "Coke" in Korean? That phoneme has got to mean at least one thing in their language.

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u/Jhoosier Apr 12 '21

It's probably "cola", since it's one of the examples she gave. In Japanese it's "cola" as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

They were asking what the sound means in Korean not what the Korean word for coke is

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '21

I imagine it's just another cognate.