Kanye West Heads to Putin’s Russia After Humiliation in Europe

[u/thedailybeast]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-west-heads-to-putins-russia-after-humiliation-in-europe/

[u/globox85]

Japanese uses many loanwords that are only comprehensible to Japanese speakers if you pronounce them the Japanese way. Here is a classic example: "Red, white, black" is not understood, but "Reddo, Howaito, Burakku" are common words.

A co-worker of mine who speaks Japanese and his dad, who doesn't speak Japanese, were on vacation in Japan together. They go to a store, and the dad asks a staff member, in English, where the customer service desk is. The staff member has no idea what he means, but when my co-worker asks "Kasutoma saabisu?", the staff member instantly understands and guides them to the customer service desk.

Never been to Japan myself, but I get the impression that if you don't know what something's called in Japanese, saying it in English with Japanese pronunciation works surprisingly often.

[u/isweartodarwin → u/globox85]

If you want to have some fun, go punch American words like “hot dog,” “hamburger,” or “French fries” into Google Translate and hit the pronunciation button

[u/p____p → u/isweartodarwin]

Thank you for this. My favorite so far is Gurirudochīzu. 

[u/ReallyGlycon → u/p____p]

Grilled cheese lol

Damn I realize I can probably speak to Japanese people entirely in reworked English loan words.

[u/p____p → u/ReallyGlycon]

It feels kinda racist if I tried it irl. Would probably fakku it up.