[Ads-l] Cugly

[Benjamin Barrett]

I found just one video where "cugly" is pronounced, and there is no 
palatalization. It's just /k/ + ugly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeSyxss9aQ

The word "fugly" is also pronounced.

Also, the TV program is "Cool Japan" 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Japan). My apology for the error.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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> Benjamin Barrett <mailto:gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> April 22, 2015 at 9:05 PM
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> The British panelist on the episode of "That's Cool, Japan" on kawaii
> playing on TV Japan today suggested "cugly" (cute + ugly) as the
> equivalent of busakawaii. I think he pronounced it with a palatalized "c."
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> I don't see "cugly" on Wiktionary or the Oxford Dictionary site, but
> Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cugly)
> has it back to 2004.
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