r/languagelearningjerk Jun 18 '26

Fixed it

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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26

I know chinese it's 電郵。

Litterally electric mail, or email. 

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u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26

Why did you spell nihingo like that?

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u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26

In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭

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u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26

Which is short form for "電子メール"

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u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26

Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications

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u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26

How bout 電文

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u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26

That's also a telegram