We have a new Bo-karoido colleague! In this strip, Luka tries to teach Miku and Rin how to pronounce the English word 'Vocaloid' properly. So the romaji for the Japanese pronunciation of Vocaloid is used here to differentiate it from the proper English pronunciation.

We have a new Bo-karoido colleague! In this strip, Luka tries to teach Miku and Rin how to pronounce the English word 'Vocaloid' properly. So the romaji for the Japanese pronunciation of Vocaloid is used here to differentiate it from the proper English pronunciation.

We have a new Bo-karoido colleague! In this strip, Luka tries to teach Miku and Rin how to pronounce the English word 'Vocaloid' properly. So the romaji for the Japanese pronunciation of Vocaloid is used here to differentiate it from the proper English pronunciation.

The bilingual-capable Megurine Luka-san!

Not Bo-karoido... but Vocaloid.

Bite your lower lip with your upper teeth, 'vo'. You two should practice. The basic Japanese alphabet does not include a 'v' consonant sound. Commonly, 'v' in a borrowed English word is with 'b'.

Bite your lower lip with your upper teeth, 'vo'. You two should practice. The basic Japanese alphabet does not include a 'v' consonant sound. Commonly, 'v' in a borrowed English word is with 'b'.

Buo... Bo-karoido

Boo

*clap*

Come on, keep trying! You can't survive in these globalized times with that pronunciation!

Come on, keep trying! You can't survive in these globalized times with that pronunciation!

CV01 02 are not bilingual capable.

CV01 02 are not bilingual capable.

Bo... Vo...?

Yep, that's the way, Rin-chan! Try doing the other syllables.

Yep, that's the way, Rin-chan! Try doing the other syllables.

... Ba Va-

Va Va...

Va Va...

Watch out!!!

Va

Old woman Rin was stumbling with the pronunciation of 'va', then she lets slip with 'babaa', meaning old woman.

*crash*

She's a twenty-year-old VOCALOID with excellent boots.

She's a twenty-year-old VOCALOID with excellent boots.