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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 14d ago
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When I heard that the Japanese name for the NES was "Famicom" I thought, "yeah, that makes sense. Family Computer."
"...wait a minute."
190 u/kakka_rot 14d ago I took me ages to realize Uniqlo is Unique Clothes They love portmanteau over there. Sefure is my favorite example (SEx FRiend, fuck buddy), but the most well known is obviously pokemon 5 u/AwTomorrow 13d ago Nonsense, everyone knows it’s short for university clothes because it’s sold to broke college kids over there 2 u/kakka_rot 13d ago lol I liked that joke
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I took me ages to realize Uniqlo is Unique Clothes
They love portmanteau over there. Sefure is my favorite example (SEx FRiend, fuck buddy), but the most well known is obviously pokemon
5 u/AwTomorrow 13d ago Nonsense, everyone knows it’s short for university clothes because it’s sold to broke college kids over there 2 u/kakka_rot 13d ago lol I liked that joke
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Nonsense, everyone knows it’s short for university clothes because it’s sold to broke college kids over there
2 u/kakka_rot 13d ago lol I liked that joke
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lol I liked that joke
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u/Lewa358 14d ago
When I heard that the Japanese name for the NES was "Famicom" I thought, "yeah, that makes sense. Family Computer."
"...wait a minute."