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• @wet_bones@lemmy.4d2.org 2026-09-21 04:47

  Ironically, same with Japanese. They have an entire alphabet dedicated to foreign words, Katakana. You want a hamburger and a beer? That’s a “ハンバーガーとビール” (Hanbāgā to Biru). Coffee from Starbucks on your way to work? That’s a “ドライブスルーコーヒー” (Doraibusurūkohi - a drive-thru coffee). Better fried chicken than anyone has a right to can be found at the “コンビニ” (Konbini - aka the convenience store). Learning Japanese it’s rife with these borrowed words. Half the time it’s “you’re fucking kidding.” The other half the time it’s learning some insane formalism that makes saying “thank you” take five minutes.

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• @Snailpope@lemmy.world 2026-09-20 18:03

  I have been saying it for years, English is a very informal and open language, have fun with it. Sky water is not technically a wrong way to refer to rain, liquid laundry soup is absolutely a sauce for your laundry, dish bricks, day star, the list goes on

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• @hansolo@lemmy.today 2026-09-22 08:22

  Are you telling me nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen… linguistically?

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