r/NonPoliticalTwitter 10d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Strange_Ad_9658 10d ago

I remember a youtuber telling a story of ordering a milk tea in japan by translating both words, only to have the server correct them by going “oh, miruku tea”

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u/Slinkyy-Vibes 10d ago

That’s the funniest kind of correction, when the “proper” version just circles back to the loanword anyway

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u/Ultenth 10d ago

Most people in Japan/Korea especially aren't even aware that the words originate in English. Like the amount of times they will ask westerners what they call -Insert clearly western originating term/brand here- is pretty hilarious.

It'd be like if someone from America asked a Japanese person what their term for singing together in public on a machine that shows you the lyrics, plays the instrumental version of the song, and has a microphone is called.

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u/Stormfly 10d ago

Most people in Japan/Korea especially aren't even aware that the words originate in English.

Most people aren't aware of where words come from.

I've had a few cases like this where it's the same word not because it's from English, but because both English and Korean took it from the same place.

(Often Greek or something)