Timeline for "You are not your f***ing khakis" - What does "khakis" exactly mean in the Fight Club movie?
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| May 25, 2021 at 4:59 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | @AndrewLeach: AmE doesn't have phonemic vowel length, so the last syllable of khakis (/-kiz/) resembles keys (/kiz/) | |
| May 16, 2021 at 11:07 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Oh, well done! That does make sense now. Glad I didn't upvote any of the answers back in 2014. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 10:30 | vote | accept | ERJAN | ||
| May 16, 2021 at 10:30 | comment | added | ERJAN | haha lol, years later someone answered... i think this is he meant , cuz he says first "car you drive" then car keys.. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 8:12 | comment | added | Rayan Khan | @AndrewLeach: I wouldn't say the -kis is the same as keys, but that's what most sources say. In casual speech, most long vowels are reduced anyway. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 7:48 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Is the -kis of khakis really pronounced like keys? That's incredible. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 5:35 | history | answered | Rayan Khan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |