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   Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 05:00:09 JST Shiina

   I have this mind love/hate thing about what Japanese ppl do with English language...

   I wish they consult native speakers before putting weird embarrassing phrases on T-shirt etc.

   But there are some phrases that are weird-cute that I don't know if I want them to stop using or not. For example:
   "volumy"
   This became so ubiquitous it made an Urban Dictionary entry:
   https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=volumy

   Another one I hate-like is
   "mayoler"
   pointing to mayo-addicts who put mayo on everything (U know those ppl

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     Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 05:04:01 JST Shiina

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     (I confess I was thinking these thoughts as I squirt a dash of Kewpie mayo over leftover turkey to give some moisture and flavor... it's heating up in my green pan with leftover stuffing & extra oyster mushrooms...

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     Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 05:20:11 JST Shiina

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     • smellsofbikes

     @smellsofbikes Yeah I totally understand the mentality. (Tho I never wear T-shirts with words or even pictures/designs)

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     smellsofbikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 05:20:23 JST smellsofbikes

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     @YoWatShiinaEsq I saw some nice guy in Osaka wearing a t-shirt from the University I went to and said (in Japanese) oh hey that's my school and he looked very confused. He liked the design and didn't realize it was a school emblem.