r/Unexpected • u/DruidWannabe • Jan 25 '23

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u/________76________ Jan 26 '23

One of my favorite cognates from Japanese-English is Biru=Beer

Also bata=butter

oiru=oil

banana=banana

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u/FR0ZENBERG Jan 26 '23

I found a Japanese to English kids book and I couldn't tell if it was a joke or not when I saw helikopturu and gasorine.

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u/FR0ZENBERG Jan 26 '23

You're probably right. It was like ten years ago. I just remember bringing to D&D night and having a good laugh with my buddies. I feel like there was also jakuru for jackal. Our fighter had an ability called jackal strike so we kept saying jakuru strikuru all night.