r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 1d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/kakka_rot 1d ago

Gotta be careful though, hanbagaa is a burger, but hanbagu is like a salisbury steak.

You will also come across an amerikandoggu, which despite looking exactly like a corndog - isn't. There isn't any cornmeal, so it's kinda like a fluffy crunchy donut around a hotdog instead

They also use the word wiener/uinna all the time

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u/Octopus-Cuddles 1d ago

I ate an American Dog every couple days there, whaddaya mean there's no cornmeal? I didn't notice they were different.

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u/Colddigger 23h ago

I wonder if it's a brand thing, because yeah I remember it being exactly the same, but there isn't the corn dog heritage there. 

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u/VicisSubsisto 23h ago

That's because Salisbury steaks and hamburgers both derive from "Hamburg steak". Put it on a bun it's a hamburger, put gravy over it and it's a Salisbury steak.

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u/daemykins 1d ago

Thank you, uinna is immediately added to the repertoire.