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sjburt11/07/20241 replyview on HN

How is this any different from going into a Panda Express and trying to order in Mandarin?


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lmm11/08/2024

Because it's called a McFlurry on the menu. Japan is very fond of taking loanwords from English but changing the pronunciation and meaning, which can be one of the hardest parts of any language.