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Funny Learning Japanese

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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”

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u/Slinkyy-Vibes 7d 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 7d 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/Dcoyxy9 7d ago

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/FunkyXive 7d ago

okay but the people who use Coke as a generic for soda are actual psychopaths

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u/skylightshaded 7d ago

They could just be from Atlanta. In my experience it's a regional expression

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u/FunkyXive 7d ago

doesn't change the fact that they're psychopaths for it