r/AmericaBad 2d ago

Meme Americans have small brains apparently

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u/RueUchiha IDAHO 🥔⛰️ 2d ago

If Japaneese was the international buisness language, I am sure we all would know Japaneese too.

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u/SW3GM45T3R 2d ago

english : we will need you to remember these 26 characters, they make up every word we have

japanese : we have 3,000+ kanji that make up our modern spoken and written tongue, you better memorize it and if you don't, we will call you stupid

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u/YumeNaraSamete MARYLAND 🦀🚢 1d ago

Japan has 3 writing systems: one to write Japanese words, one to write foreign loan words, and one to confuse and anger foreigners.

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u/KaBar42 1d ago

one to write Japanese words, one to write foreign loan words, and one to confuse and anger foreigners.

Sidenote: The one to confuse foreigners is actually three separate writing systems. Which is why signs in Japan say: "Sibuya" instead of Shibuya despite English mainly knowing it as Shibuya. Because Shibuya is the Romaji version of the word and phonetically tells English speakers how to pronounce the word, but Sibuya is (or at least was) the official government Anglicization of the word despite Shibuya being the more popular and well known version of the location.