This new online trick will make Google Translate sing to you, in Japanese. Say what?

Recently popularized by a number of Japanese bloggers, this Google Translate surprise uses a unique way in which the word "dot" is spoken in Japanese: dotto.

The Google Translate experiment uses a series of periods in English, and selects the "Japanese to English" setting. After that, click "Listen"  and you are treated to a surprisingly rhythmic sound that resembles a tune.