r/NonPoliticalTwitter 6h ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/dboti9k 6h ago

It's the same with German. I had a German friend and every time I wanted to learn and use a cool new German word with him, it was the same word in English.

u/novae_ampholyt 5h ago

Well we also have plenty of german only anglicisms. Like "handy" for phone

u/makochi 5h ago

german trying to get a new phone, unaware he's about to be charged with sexual harassment of the best buy employee: "yeah how much does a handy cost"

u/Yeez25 5h ago

What a fella gotta do to get a handy around here