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minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWait…are you saying if I go to Japan, and learn the language, they’ll refer to it as Nihon, and think I’m a stupid American for saying Japan instead?
minus-squareearthman@my-place.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day ago@Lost_My_Mind @shalafi English speaking Japanese call it Japan whole speaking English. Things have different names in different languages.
Wait…are you saying if I go to Japan, and learn the language, they’ll refer to it as Nihon, and think I’m a stupid American for saying Japan instead?
@Lost_My_Mind @shalafi English speaking Japanese call it Japan whole speaking English. Things have different names in different languages.
Baka Gaijin, but yes.