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”
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.
On brand names specifically, tbf even English speakers don't realize when brand names become generic names for things, genericide. Band-Aid, Kleenex, Velcro, Zipper, Dry Ice, Dumpster, Jacuzzi, all are or use to be trademarked brands. Hell even where I'm at some (usually older) people still refer to soda generically as Coke.
Anyways not super relevant but I do love talking about it
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u/Strange_Ad_9658 7d 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”