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dsr_ on Aug 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Japanese writing system basics

My father's native New-Jerseyan uses "jeet jet" for "did you eat yet".

The one bit of that I consistently use is "agnishna", for "air conditioner".

fenomas on Aug 20, 2016 [–]

I recently found a list of these for Scottish that were amazing.

E.g.: "space ghettos" (in standard American accent) becomes Scottish "Spice Girls" :D

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