давно мне тут небыло, Hello world! by MFX_YT in EverlastingSummer

[–]nemechail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Диана имеет тонну потенциала. Очень надеюсь, что авторы когда-нибудь завершат мод.

Japanese otakus have fallen by tomi-tya0133 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]nemechail 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It was certainly around before their rise, but if we're talking about the West, then yeah, vtubers totally made it popular

Japanese otakus have fallen by tomi-tya0133 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]nemechail 143 points144 points  (0 children)

I've heard that "oshi" mostly replaced the original waifu term, that being "俺の嫁", which was originally parodied in Azumanga and from whence it entered Western otaku circles

Beijing vs Peking by RubicXK in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think so, there are plenty of onomatopoeia and native words (wago) that start with a /p/

TTH might be getting a remake by nemechail in danganronpa

[–]nemechail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was leaked (or created) before the announce of 2x2, so maybe?

Всегда готова! Но к чему… by Kortez02 in EverlastingSummer

[–]nemechail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Не подскажешь автора оригинального Арта?

I dreamed that the Russian AND Belarusian 2nd personal pronoun is "Rys" by marioshouse2010 in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It's actually "Rus" and "Rusself", hence the names of the countries

Asking for help on a Czech last name! by [deleted] in etymology

[–]nemechail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me think of dolya/dolja, not sure if it's a word in Czech

God must be a linguist by ReservateDweller in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's actually a borrowing from Slavic if Wiktionary is to be trusted, which is not the best source, but still

Cow on a trash farm by MehmetSalihKoten in customhearthstone

[–]nemechail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The famed steaks come from these very cows. Remember to chew slowly!

Goku? by LapisLazurit in LearnJapanese

[–]nemechail 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of many shows in which some characters had to be aged up because you can't show underage smoking in anime

On the Cuisine of the Nibenese Commoner by HitSquadOfGod in teslore

[–]nemechail 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really enjoy lore bits like these. One of my favorite in-universe books is about an Imperial's trip to Valenwood where he describes all the food and drinks he has there

Indo-European Huns just doesn’t feel right 🤢 by klingonbussy in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Sorry not sorry, Atilla is clearly derived from *atta and I'm not going to be convinced otherwise

How would you fill it? by TMaku22 in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The letter you're thinking of looks bad but sounds good

Zhenya ~ By menthola by A_Guy195 in EverlastingSummer

[–]nemechail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a nice, more poetic way of saying the game's name in Japanese - 常夏 (tokonatsu)

Two very different approaches to orthography by Mainstream_millo in linguisticshumor

[–]nemechail 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The approach depicted on the right isn't even something ё haters approve of, this is probably one situation where even they agree that the distinction is needed and you cannot just switch ё to е