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this is pretty esoteric but sometimes japanese people call peanut butter "peanuts butter" because of the way they have to pronounce the ending -t (on the word "peanut") with a "-tsu," which is the same way they pronounce the plural (peanuts). and i find this kawaii.


for the ignorant non-weaboos: there is no "tu" sound in japanese.


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idk why i love all the quirks of japanese English so much. probably because i grew up watching anime, but also because as a japanese learner, i can see where all of the mistakes originate from -- including things like the incorrect usage of "from" in this post (it's because they're directly translating から; their original sentence probably included 明日から). i don't feel this way about any other ESLs, and especially not about other nonwhites butchering the English language. i suppose i have a genuine affinity for the japanese language itself which extends to japanese-infused English.


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