I grew up with Japanese, so I just assumed it was a deliberate thing. They are pronounced differently, but in a way that's hard to type out.
haha it's fine, I noticed it as a kid as well :P Unfortunately don't speak Japanese anymore, despite it being my first language.
I was targeted pretty severely with anti-Japanese racism in Australia in the 90s. This was, simultaneously, coupled with the rise in popularity of anime (particularly before school). I was banned from watching TV, so this made me weirder. I distanced myself a lot from my Japanese heritage to seem less Japanese. It seems regrettable now, but I'm not going to blame a 6 year old for coming to that decision (which I didn't consciously, I gradually moved away over k-6). Looking back, it was not the sole cause of bullying. I was a weird, shaky, obviously abused kid. The race stuff just made it worse.
I'm reminded of the "kill the indian, save the man" movement, which probably wound up costing the settler colonial state a bunch of money as it generated severely traumatised lower caste race people that no one wants to hire.
Of all the things, I'm probably middle on that one. This is the weird traumatised communist house.
They are pronounced differently, but in a way that's hard to type out.
Just use Google Translate: おはよう
i worked on this farm in southern japan for a summer. me, a nepali guy, and the rest were native japanese nationals all lived in this dormitory building with a shared bathroom on our floor. while getting ready in the morning at bebop o'clock, we would all greet each other with the ohio gozaimasu (i speak a little conversational japanese and am very much illiterate). this one guy though, who was hysterical, would basically be shuffling around with his eyes closed for the first 5 minutes every morning. when i would greet him he would just say something that sounded like, "OSS" in this exaggerated sigh. like he could only bring himself to say the last syllable. cracked us all up.
Because potatoes were introduced to Europe relatively late during the Columbian exchange 😁
