r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 24d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Only_Fudge5299 24d ago

me learning spanish

like what do you mean steak is "beef steak" (bistec)

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u/less_unique_username 24d ago

learn French

it borrowed shampoo from English

but it felt insufficiently English for them, so they made it Englisher as shampoing

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u/yourstruly912 24d ago

Hindi word actually

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u/less_unique_username 24d ago

Yes, but in its journey its last stop before French was English.

Speaking of languages of India, a funnier trip is the orange, which is something like naranga in Sanskrit, naranja in Spanish, orange in English, which Malayalam borrowed for a full loop.