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A couple of funny Japanese words.

魚雷 (gyorai)is a jukugo word, or a compound word made of "fish" and "thunder" and means "torpedo". Well it moves under water and fish move underwater and torpedos also makes a big bada boom sound. So why not? =D

恐竜(kyouryuu) is another jukugo. This here is "scary dragon". Not all dragons are scary but those with lots of pointy teeth and/or horns or even short odd arms with no obvious use as totally scary. Yes, this is "dinosaur" xD The non-scary dragons are wise and dog-like, really. At least the Asian ones.

逃げる (nigeru) this means "to escape" but it's the sounding which is kinda funny here. It lead to Japanese Apex Legend players getting banned because it sounds like the N slur which isn't very popular in the West, especially in North America.

https://gamerant.com/apex-legends-japanese-players-ban-run-word/#:~:text=The%20problem%20at%20hand%20is,completely%20unrelated%20to%20the%20slur.

It's completely stupid since an completely different language having a word that is similar to another but has a very different meaning is actually not that uncommon. Me learning my fifth language see this all the time.

Oh well! A little funzy for today =)

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BurningYggdrassil
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I smiled the first time and I still smile when I think about it (can also be fear dragon, but the meaning is close).

I mean, yeah sure if

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragons/images/d/dc/Chinadrag3.jpg

Would come at me I would probably be a bit scared, but a fucking T-rex with it's silly small hands? Yikes!

Yeah, fifth! Nice feat and all, but I learned Norwegian and English in Norway and when we moved to Hungary I learned German and, surprise, Hungarian.
My goal is seven before I die, but we'll see how long I live and how much time I get!
Just watched some anime on Crunchyroll to see what I can understand and I did understand a good deal, so I guess I'll have to watch some more (more of a movie person, but I have to use all the tools at my disposal).

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QueenNioiclin
@QueenNioiclin

Silly small hands but big, fearsome mouth! xD At least the dragon will impart words of wisdom before killing you!

Ah, that makes sense. Still, a very nice list of languages! I started learning German but had to take a break. Which reminds me that I haven't studied a second of Irish in... a few weeks now 🥲 Oh, there are some great Japanese films out there too!

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BurningYggdrassil
@BurningYggdrassil

Yeah a Japanese dragon would like... Tell a perfect haiku and then kill me, when a scary dragon would just gobble me up since it can't catch me with it's silly, little hands anyway.

There is a saying I have heard since childhood that goes something like "the more languages you speak, the easier it is to learn new ones!" and there is some truth in there. At least learning new tricks to learn new languages.
One thing I see people really fuck up when learning a new language is being copycats and basically copycats only. Being a copycat is, of course, very important. That's how we learn a lot, but some thing it's enough and do notlearn why the things are said like proper grammar or even cultural things. Japanese is a very cultural language. All languages are, but secluded nations obviously more.

From modern movies I still have to say Air Doll is the best Japanese movie that isn't gore and insanity. I still say you should give it a go.
From the classics? The Seven Samurai is one I really liked =)

OK! To end this I'll give a very funny Norwegian word and it's "rumpetroll" and a directly translated it means "butt troll" or a "rump troll". You wanna guess what that is? You know what? I'll let you go easy on this one.... It's our word for tadpole!

Fucking scary dragons and butt trolls...

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QueenNioiclin
@QueenNioiclin

I agree. Learning English (my second language) was harder than learning German, and even though I stopped German before going far, what I learned there helped me study Irish in an easier, more enjoyable - and efficient - way.

lol I don't know if you mentioning tadpole was a coincidence or not since I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3 now, but it's funny! x)

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