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[...] culture shock – otherwise known as mistranslating loan words. Past inequalites have included パンツ ≠ Pants, バイク ≠ bike, じゃがいも ≠ ポテト, クリーム ≠ cream, ジュース ≠ juice, [...]
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Nice trousers.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Yeah, yeah, I’m an American. So sue me.
February 19th, 2010 at 7:45 am
[...] culture shock – otherwise known as mistranslating loan words. Past inequalites have included パンツ ≠ Pants, バイク ≠ bike, じゃがいも ≠ ポテト, クリーム ≠ cream, ジュース ≠ juice, [...]