Just write bad keikaku

  • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]
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    91 month ago

    Nevertheless, their point about not translating is still often correct.

    For instance, IIRC you can call middle aged adult men “uncle” even if they aren’t actually your uncle. I believe Chinese does this too.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      71 month ago

      Yep, men are oji-san, which is often shortened to ossan, women are oba-san, meaning uncle and aunt respectively.

      Vaguely relatedly, in Finnish, the words setä (uncle) and täti (aunt) are used in children’s talk to refer to unfamiliar adult men and women

      • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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        41 month ago

        Vaguely relatedly, in Finnish, the words setä (uncle) and täti (aunt) are used in children’s talk to refer to unfamiliar adult men and women

        Same thing in Russian/Ukrainian.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          21 month ago

          I wonder if this some specifically Eastern European thing. I’m pretty sure languages like German or Swedish just use their local equivalents of man/mister or lady

          • volcel_olive_oil [he/him]
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            21 month ago

            well, Swedish children talk uses “tant” (lady) or “fröken” (miss) for women but “farbror” (paternal uncle) for men so it’s probably random for every language

            • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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              21 month ago

              It doesn’t surprise me the same convention is also used in Swedish since we share so much history and culture. It’s interesting you still use “miss.” Like 60 years ago even children would’ve used words like herra (mister/sir) rouva (mrs.) or neiti (miss) but those kinds of honorifics have basically disappeared entirely