*pleased* I wondered when I heard "pan" for "bread" in The Elephant Vanishes whether it was a French loan-word or just coincidence.
I've noticed from anime subs that the average Japanese person knows a lot more English than I know Japanese -- but they don't always know all the English they *think* they know. Or, if they can communicate with each other but boggle me, I suppose it's technically a new dialect, which is just nifty.
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Date: 2004-08-23 03:47 am (UTC)I've noticed from anime subs that the average Japanese person knows a lot more English than I know Japanese -- but they don't always know all the English they *think* they know. Or, if they can communicate with each other but boggle me, I suppose it's technically a new dialect, which is just nifty.