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Same here, but I’m also surprised only around 30% of women know the word “yakuza”. Although I’m sure those same women would be shocked by my not knowing what a
by mypastself 5y ago
Same here, but I’m also surprised only around 30% of women know the word “yakuza”. Although I’m sure those same women would be shocked by my not knowing what a chignon is.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoI was shocked at how low on the list "katana" was. It's so prevalent in pop culture, from Kill Bill to The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Kye 5y agoLeonardo uses ninjatos as of the last time I paid attention to the franchise. Katanas are much longer.
- brimble 5y agoWhatever they look like, they're usually described by TMNT media as katanas. Quite possibly incorrectly, for all I know.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoThey wrote and spoke of them as katanas, yes. But you're also talking about a series who treated the Sai as a sharp weapon (which is round and a striking and blocking weapon)... though, I don't think they did this in the comic. It's been a while).
- brimble 5y agoI bet if you charted hours spent with media in which the word "katana" occurs, you'd see a male/female ratio very similar to the "knows what 'katana' means" ratio in TFA.
- Delk 5y agoI don't know if this would affect the observed/reported differences between sexes, but there are also different levels of knowing. I would have known that neodymium is some kind of a substance, but I wouldn't have known or remembered that it was an element without checking. I'd probably answer I knew the word "degauss" but if I had to explain what it physically is, I'd struggle. I might not remember what distinguishes howitzers from other artillery pieces. Out of these, I'd probably report not knowing neodymium, knowing howitzer, and be a bit torn on degaussing. Someone might know that a katana is a weapon, or "some kind of a ninja thing", or maybe even a sword, but might not feel comfortable enough about the details to report knowing it. Also, it might be more well-known among younger people who know the pop culture than people who don't. But then, I guess it might also be that people just have rather different areas of familiarity, as the article indicates, and a significant part of the English speaking population might be as clueless about katanas as I am about tulles, or whatever the plural for that is. I only knew one or two of the words from the upper half. I'm not a native English speaker, though, which perhaps not only limits my vocabulary compared to native speakers but might also tilt things even further towards the science/tech words.
- prionassembly 5y ago"Unusually strong neodymium magnets" were a popular young-adult toy in the late 2000s to early 2010s. I had them both in flat discs and little balls. Now that I have a baby crawling around I pray that I haven't misplaced any in some crevice of the house...