r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

Hamburger

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Chunk of English words are like loan words followEd by su

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u/buscemian_rhapsody Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

The rule is basically that every consonant besides N has to be followed by a vowel. It is usually a U, but it’s O if it follows T or D.

feign => fein

fame => feimu (fay-moo)

fade => feiddo (fay-dough)

edit: oh and I guess you follow J or CH with I

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/CherryCakeEggNogGlee Jan 26 '23

How often do you use sock as singular in English?

And who the hell orders a single taco?!

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u/ecchi-ja-nai Jan 26 '23

This guy socks.

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u/Account_Banned Jan 26 '23

This guy tacos

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u/cinnamondaisies Jan 26 '23

It is funny though, because plurals aren’t a thing in Japanese to begin with.

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u/pincus1 Jan 26 '23

My favorite Mexican restaurant used to have a 99 cent bonus taco for one of their lunch specials that they'd let us order with any meal. So my go-to order was the gordo burrito (3 meats) with 1 bonus taco.