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That's because sushi doesn't exist in any other language

eru 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbap is pretty close. An English speaker would likely use 'sushi' to things that Koreans would call 'Gimbap'.
- bobthepanda 3y ago
  In parts of the US with large korean communities, gimbap is its name, if only because the ingredient list is so different. Sushi, for the most part, is seafood raw, and gimbap often has heavily marinated beef or other non-fish meat.
  - wizofaus 3y ago
    Sushi is a method of preparing rice with vinegar, usually then eaten with Nori (seaweed), and often combined with other ingredients that may or may not include fish, either raw or cooked (and then served as 'finger' food). The sushi that's most often sold outside Japan is in the form of "California rolls", which I'd say rarely include raw fish (but often includes ingredients almost never seen in sushi found in Japan, like avocado or smoked salmon or cooked chicken etc.). But the sushi rice itself is what makes it sushi.
  - eru 3y ago
    > In parts of the US with large korean communities, gimbap is its name, if only because the ingredient list is so different. Yes. But if you put an authentic Korean gimbap in front of your average English speaker, they'll call it Sushi.
- Izkata 3y ago
  It's not mentioned on that page, but check out "sushi roll" for a more specific English term.
- numpad0 3y ago
  Looks like they semi-artificially replaced a loanword with a crafted name than the same thing existed.
  - eru 3y ago
    Oh, true. But it's still a different word for (something like) Sushi. When 19th century Germans talked about railways, they mostly used English loanwords. But gradually most of those have been replaced with more 'native' creations.
wizofaus 3y ago
I tried that theory with quite a few things that didn't "exist" per se in Chinese, yet there were distinct Chinese words for them. Plus there are plenty of food items from other cultures where we tend to use a native equivalent in English (spring rolls, rice paper rolls, sweet and sour pork, Swedish meatballs etc). Though to be fair we tend just to borrow the word wholesale. Not sure to what degree other languages have consistently done the same.

eru 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbap is pretty close. An English speaker would likely use 'sushi' to things that Koreans would call 'Gimbap'.

bobthepanda 3y ago
In parts of the US with large korean communities, gimbap is its name, if only because the ingredient list is so different. Sushi, for the most part, is seafood raw, and gimbap often has heavily marinated beef or other non-fish meat.
- wizofaus 3y ago
  Sushi is a method of preparing rice with vinegar, usually then eaten with Nori (seaweed), and often combined with other ingredients that may or may not include fish, either raw or cooked (and then served as 'finger' food). The sushi that's most often sold outside Japan is in the form of "California rolls", which I'd say rarely include raw fish (but often includes ingredients almost never seen in sushi found in Japan, like avocado or smoked salmon or cooked chicken etc.). But the sushi rice itself is what makes it sushi.
- eru 3y ago
  > In parts of the US with large korean communities, gimbap is its name, if only because the ingredient list is so different. Yes. But if you put an authentic Korean gimbap in front of your average English speaker, they'll call it Sushi.
Izkata 3y ago
It's not mentioned on that page, but check out "sushi roll" for a more specific English term.
numpad0 3y ago
Looks like they semi-artificially replaced a loanword with a crafted name than the same thing existed.
- eru 3y ago
  Oh, true. But it's still a different word for (something like) Sushi. When 19th century Germans talked about railways, they mostly used English loanwords. But gradually most of those have been replaced with more 'native' creations.

wizofaus 3y ago

I tried that theory with quite a few things that didn't "exist" per se in Chinese, yet there were distinct Chinese words for them. Plus there are plenty of food items from other cultures where we tend to use a native equivalent in English (spring rolls, rice paper rolls, sweet and sour pork, Swedish meatballs etc). Though to be fair we tend just to borrow the word wholesale. Not sure to what degree other languages have consistently done the same.