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Because in japanese the new word makes no sense. If you’re borrowing or creating new words, it would be nice if they would somewhat sensible and not just be the
by asutekku 4y ago
Because in japanese the new word makes no sense. If you’re borrowing or creating new words, it would be nice if they would somewhat sensible and not just be the typical “wow japanese is so mystic language”.
- mcqueenjordan 4y agoThe dictionary of obscure sorrows derives the vast majority of its new words from European languages and latin/greek roots: https://www.youtube.com/c/obscuresorrows/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/obscuresorrows/videos There's no reason to believe this is just another case of "wow Japanese is so mystic". Lately, I'm seeing more and more people with a sort of imagined or conjured offense that someone is unduly appreciating a culture. I don't really get it.
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- stordoff 4y agoIt seems roughly analogous to wasei-eigo[1], Japanese terms derived from English words that may not match up with how you'd typically form words or use them in English. Examples include cosplay, from cos(tume) play, and pasokon (PC), from perso(nal) com(puter). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo