I guess Japanese really doesn’t have in-your-face sarcasm now that I think about it…
Now that you mentioned it, Japanese also has a rather interesting quirk of not having what most people would consider as “swear words”. Read it somewhere that Japanese does have swear words, but they tend to be quite tame, and the words themselves aren’t “taboo” (as compared to just about any swear word in English)
Yep, certain words for example really just mean “you” if taken very literally but have taken on rude undertones (temee, kisama) to convey what Western languages would use taboo words for.
Ah, portrait mode, let’s watch that real qu**26 minutes**
No, 26 minutes is not egregiously long, of course, I just realised that portrait mode sends that “short video” signal to my brain and it confused me for a sec :)
I guess Japanese really doesn’t have in-your-face sarcasm now that I think about it…
Now that you mentioned it, Japanese also has a rather interesting quirk of not having what most people would consider as “swear words”. Read it somewhere that Japanese does have swear words, but they tend to be quite tame, and the words themselves aren’t “taboo” (as compared to just about any swear word in English)
Yep, certain words for example really just mean “you” if taken very literally but have taken on rude undertones (temee, kisama) to convey what Western languages would use taboo words for.
Relevant for anyone who cares about this sort of thing: https://youtu.be/GcjbwkBQeO8?si=itglleubcxb0n6MX
Ah, portrait mode, let’s watch that real qu**26 minutes**
No, 26 minutes is not egregiously long, of course, I just realised that portrait mode sends that “short video” signal to my brain and it confused me for a sec :)
Lol, yeah. Most of his videos are a couple of minutes, but sometimes he wants a little bit more…