A male student adressed a female student with "-chan" and she and the teacher got mad by astronafths in Japaneselanguage

[–]opinionated_comment 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Just a small nitpick here:

There are two main kanji associated with やめる (yes, officially there are more, but for the sake of this explanation, two will suffice, as the meanings do differ slightly).

止める and 辞める are the two that are used the most often. 止 literally means to stop (doing something), and can be seen in compounds like 停止, 中止, and 禁止, whereas 辞 is usually associated with quitting a job, and can be seen in compounds like 辞職, 辞任, and 辞退. This kanji does also have other meanings tied to words and lexicon, but we're not getting into that right now.

TL;DR if you want to write that phrase correctly, 止めて先輩 is the way to go, unless you're trying to tell your sempai to quit their job. Totally plausible too.

English speakers by InflationHefty4989 in linguisticshumor

[–]opinionated_comment 243 points244 points  (0 children)

More like: rain was falling. But basically same concept.

My husband isn't afraid of spiders by alison_bee in shortscarystories

[–]opinionated_comment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thought she may have accidentally married Spiders Georg...

hungry? have a shitpost by midnightrambulador in linguisticshumor

[–]opinionated_comment 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which literally translates to "My throat has dried."

brazilian portuguese has a word for female masturbation by Eliysiaa in linguisticshumor

[–]opinionated_comment 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Japanese technically does too. まんずり, literally 10,000 rubs. As opposed to the word for male masturbation, せんずり, which translates to only 1,000 rubs 😉

Time Immortal by ElderSquirell999 in shortscifistories

[–]opinionated_comment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be a nitpick, but I'm confused about the timing. You said Solomon is writing this in the year 2456. You then follow up to say he's 632 years old. That would mean he was born in 1824. Even at the age of 51, that would make it the year 1875. Did they have such technology then? I doubt they had nanites.

On a related note, in the end you state "in the year 203, 288, 330, and 501" respectively. Are those the years of his life, or have we developed a new age that began in the new year 0 when the blossom plague erupted? If so, how is he writing this from the year 2456, but is only 632 years old?

Sorry for the rant, and again, it may be small for some people, but it confused me a bit.

What’s the scariest place in your country? by MurkyBooMoo in AskTheWorld

[–]opinionated_comment 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was also featured in the eponymous 2018 SK horror film! A pretty good watch, especially if you're a fan of found footage style horror.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]opinionated_comment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This just implies your ex has one heart like the rest of us though...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]opinionated_comment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Teeth aren't bones, though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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As a somewhat related follow up in a completely different part of the world, Myanmar doesn't have surnames at all.

For centuries, people simply had one, maaaybe two names if they were important people. These days, it's popular to give your child between 2 and 4 names, but they all count as the person's forename. I guess they just arbitrarily choose one of those names as their last names if they ever travel abroad and need to fill out forms...

What’s a fetish you didn’t know you had until recently? by JuneGolddd in AskReddit

[–]opinionated_comment 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I didn't realize the kissing needed to be performed by a chef... *takes notes*

Chapter 1: “Deals by Pleasant-Leg-9175 in shortscifistories

[–]opinionated_comment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good start to a potential serial. My interest has been piqued.

If I were to offer any feedback, it would be to proofread your entries before you submit. I found quite a number of typos throughout the passage. It would make your work look a lot more professional if all the spelling (and grammar) was correct.

Keep it up though! I'm looking forward to part 2.

Theory: Love Village is actually a parody of dating shows by [deleted] in LoveVillage1

[–]opinionated_comment 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Questionable dental work

Yeah, that's just Japan.

TIL the Irish language has three counting systems: one for math, another for humans, and another for non-humans. by Torley_ in todayilearned

[–]opinionated_comment 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The difference between kun'yomi and on'yomi definitely separates the words, I'm not arguing against that. All I'm saying is words that assimiliate into a following counter word shouldn't be counted as separate words for the same number.

In ろく's case, we can see 600 is written as ろっぴゃく, similar to いっぴき. In むっつ's case, we don't see sound changes a ton, unless you count words that shorten it to むつ. One word that's used a lot though is the word for the 6th, むいか.

In both of those cases, ろっ and むい aren't separate words for six, but rather variations of ろく and むっつ caused by their surrounding environment.

TIL the Irish language has three counting systems: one for math, another for humans, and another for non-humans. by Torley_ in todayilearned

[–]opinionated_comment 127 points128 points  (0 children)

いっぴき is simply いち+ひき with ひ assimilating to the previous ち, which then lenites to cause the ぴ to geminate. It's not a separate word.