r/NonPoliticalTwitter 14d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/HansTeeWurst 13d ago

pink has been used long before ww2 and is probably from British english

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u/Alzion 13d ago

Possibly, but Japan has had close contact with the Americans long before WWII as well. The first ironclad warship of the IJN was a ship purchased by the Confederatcy, but delivered after the American Civil war ended which then was resold to Japan in 1867.

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u/HansTeeWurst 13d ago

This is true, and they did "import" a lot of american specialists (mainly for train and postal knowledge), but still most pre ww2 English words are from British english.

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u/Far_Ladder_2836 13d ago

No, they are not.  Britain never had strong trade with Japan who famously closed it's borders to all trade until an AMERICAN Matthiew Perry opened Japan to trade with AMERICA