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Japanese Is Affecting the English Lexicon in New Ways
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Posted on 01/14/2017 12:04:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; GraceG; Bikkuri; gaijin
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:06:35 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
To: nickcarraway
“lumbersexual.” I do NOT want to know.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:08:05 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: nickcarraway
Loanwords ??
That is just a far right wing euphemism for cultural appropriation.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:08:08 PM PST
by
SSS Two
To: nickcarraway
I think I’m turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:08:36 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: GreenHornet
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:09:00 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Lumbersexual
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:09:53 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
To: nickcarraway
My little female Schnauzer has a yellow stuffed Emoji that’s bigger than she is. It’s her favorite toy.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:10:16 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: NonValueAdded
Less disturbing then what popped into my head so I will take your explanation as the correct one.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:11:47 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: nickcarraway
Indeed it has.
Teacher: CNN reporter. Use “Anime” in a sentence.
CNN Reporter: “Anime.” We have reports Donald Trump watches “Anime” porno movies in random theaters across the world. “Anime.”
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:12:04 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
To: GreenHornet; dfwgator
You guys are giving me the Vapors.
To: SSS Two
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. - James Nicoll
English needs some type of head honcho to keep this from happening. < /s>
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:16:44 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: nickcarraway
What a load of egghead fluffery.
I can’t think of more than a handful of Japanese words that have been fully adopted by English speaking people. The silly puff piece is woefully short on examples.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:18:22 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Windflier
It’s not really that much of an influence, especially if you consider the amount of English words that went into Japanese.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:19:31 PM PST
by
Shadow44
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
“lumbersexual.” I do NOT want to know.
It's safe. Think metrosexual but going for the bearded and plaid shirt urban lumberjack look instead.
(Looking down past grizzled beard to plaid flannel shirt) Yikes. I've become trendy.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:20:42 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:22:23 PM PST
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:26:05 PM PST
by
BlueLancer
("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
To: SSS Two
Loadwords for include from the British, who took it from their stay in India: bungalow, pajama, guru, dungaree, cot, typhoon, etc., because what is what they had or developed apart from us
I watch Korean dramas and they use words from us like : kiss, okay, coffee, (pronounced kopee), date ( like the courting gesture, etc., because they that is what they like about us.
I am an American of Filipino descent and I see the word “boondock” used here in the US for a place in the middle of nowhere.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:27:40 PM PST
by
lulu16
(May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
To: Shadow44
It’s not really that much of an influence, especially if you consider the amount of English words that went into Japanese. Exactly.
As a kid, I lived in the Japanese islands for six years. Yeah, it was a long time ago, but as I recall, the Japanese used quite a few English words, and even phrases. It was necessary, as their language didn't have words for many modern day things.
America also exerted a huge amount of cultural influence on Japan in the post-war era.
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posted on
01/14/2017 12:28:16 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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