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Fun fact... the Japanese word is itself phonetically, semantically and philologically Chinese. The English adaptation taipan from Cantonese being of similar der
by contingencies 8y ago
Fun fact... the Japanese word is itself phonetically, semantically and philologically Chinese. The English adaptation taipan from Cantonese being of similar derivation, and the character the Japanese use for 'coon' (Mandarin jun) being the traditional Chinese word for gentleman or learned lord since at least Confucius' time.