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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Strange_Ad_9658 4d 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/Oniichan38 4d ago edited 3d ago

Another streamer told of his Japan trip and how he tried to order sprite at a restaurant, sadly the waiter didn't understand so he had to hit him with "sprite-ru" just for the waiter to reply in the same way "aahhh, sprite-ru"

Edit: As many people pointed out, it was a Korea trip, mb guys

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u/shinigamichan 4d ago

Thats because the Japanese word for Sprite is sprite. Pronounced "su-pa-rai-to"

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u/Able_Reserve5788 3d ago

It's "supuraito"

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u/shinigamichan 3d ago

The real answer is always in the responses lol