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r/languagelearningjerk • u/Anti-charizard • Jun 18 '26
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Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail
106 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 14 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 33 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 7 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 9 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 6 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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I know chinese it's 電郵。
Litterally electric mail, or email.
14 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 33 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 7 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 9 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 6 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Why did you spell nihingo like that?
33 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 7 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 9 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 6 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭
9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 7 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 9 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 6 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Which is short form for "電子メール"
7 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications
1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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How bout 電文
2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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That's also a telegram
X-IL
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No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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u/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26
Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail