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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I 100% endorse Sweet Shop.

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That is an amazing bundle of books, some of my favorite Godzilla stories of all time. I am not that familiar with Sweet Shop, can you 'splain it a bit for us noobs?

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Hussein Rashid, PhD @husseinrashid.com · 14h

Just bought this. Love Hunger and Dusk by @gwillow.me Eagerly awaiting a @gregpak.net bundle

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Saying "I will learn this word in English but I refuse to learn this other word in English" is stupid. When you speak Japanese, are there words you refuse to say in Japanese but will only say in Spanish?

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Then refuse to speak English. Its a choice you can make.

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Then you should learn them in English if you are speaking English, just like any other words. Do you think I can use the English Dragonball attacks when speaking Japanese just because that's what I grew up with? No. I learn how they are said in the language I am speaking.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 12h

I've found that the struggle with loan words usually hits around the intermediate stage. They've learned how to pronounce a word they already know in their acquired language and internalize that as "correct" instead of "different" But "correct" is the pronunciation of the language you're speaking

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That is true. But that is grad school level discourse while we are still at 101 courses.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 15h

Yep. I got to Carry Okey to sing with my friends

Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 22h

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For International Translation Day here is my article CONFESSIONS OF A MANGA TRANSLATOR I wrote for @comicsjournal.bsky.social in which I did the unforgivable thing about any profession--I told the truth. www.tcj.com/confessions-...

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Confessions of a Manga Translator - The Comics Journal

A first-hand account of what a manga translator does, and doesn't do, and how.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 15h

Yeah, because that is the official English title. Sometimes they keep the original language title as the official English title. And then that becomes the correct title to say in English. Like Das Boot. If you say "The Boat" you are saying it wrong.

Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 23h

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My Eternal Mission and Message: 1) Mizuki Shigeru is one of the greatest artists to ever work in comics 2) Shonen Knife is one of the greatest bands ever 3) Midnight Diner is one of the best TV shows of all time If you learn those three things, I will have done my job.

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OK, now I wish I HAD been there...

Oh, you are stupid? My apologies. You should announce that in advance so people dont waste time responding.

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Isekai sucks and we should all ignore it anyways...

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(It is not. It is Go. They mispronounced it at the Eisner Awards...)

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Noooo... I am SO glad I was not there...

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I should hope so, as Dorohedoro is the official English title and anyone saying anything other than Dorohedoro would be incorrect.

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If I can learn to say "Uchu Senkan Yamato" when speaking Japanese after a lifetime of saying "Starblazers," I have faith you can do the same...

It is pronounced the way they did it at the Eisner Awards, of course! Goo Tanabe. (I love calling him Goo... never fails to get a wince...)

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Using the Japanese pronunciation while speaking English does not facilitate communication. Insisting on using the English pronunciations of loan words while speaking Japanese is equally a mistake I wouldn't say "hamburger" instead of ハンバーガー when speaking Japanese. Thats not how loan words work

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Using the Japanese pronunciation of "sah-kay" while speaking English is as much of a mistake as using the English pronunciation of "sah-key" while speaking Japanese. Loan words should use the proper pronunciation of the language being spoken.

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This is an issue with language learners at an early stage. They fail to understand the concept of loan words and pronunciation. Sake is an English word. It is pronounced "sah-key" and means brewed Japanese rice wine 酒 is a Japanese word. It is pronounced "sah-kay" and is a general word for alcohol

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You point does stand, because your point was "Instead of reading and responding to what he is actually writing I am going to respond to what I assume he is writing. That way I dont have to put in the work and can just blather my incorrect response back as fast as possible." Yes. That is clear.

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Oh my precious, precious baby.

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Do you really think that? Really? Like... honestly? Have you ever seen the skits?

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Enchilada - Saturday Night Live

Ah, gotcha. So you are ALSO this SNL skit. You have all bases covered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMp...

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YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 23h

And there comes out the pretentious fuck, right on schedule. "Oh, you don't speak Japanese? Allow me to dumb myself down to your level. I just assumed..." You can't even admit to yourself what you are doing.

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"Mizuki refused to let all of that suffering and all of those who died be forgotten as an inconvenient guilty past of a nation looking towards the future. Showa: A History of Japan was his testimony. And his condemnation."

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If I am thinking in Japanese I use the Japanese words. If I am thinking in English I use the English words. Same with speaking. The goal is not to mix and match. Unless you are speaking to another bilingual person in which case things get messy...

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Into the Woods is a great fucking musical.

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I don't believe it is. Otherwise there is zero reason to use terms that the person you are speaking with would not understand over choosing the available words that they would understand.

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There is no world where Gojiro/Godzilla deserves a pass. Godzilla is one of the greatest localizations of all time. Bow down before it.

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As the song goes in Into the Woods "I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right."

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J-Pop America Fun Time Now!: Jonah Hill - SNL

So yes, I understand it is a phase those with limited Japanese capabilities go through. I hope they get over it. Otherwise, they are this SNL skit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNvD...

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YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Then I will not be a smug dick and insist on peppering my conversation with Japanese titles. I will not say: "Yes, I love Kurosawa Akira. Shichinin no Samurai is my favorite." Because I want the other person to fucking understand what I am talking about... AKA communication.

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I wanted everyone to know that I knew Japanese and they didn't. And I wanted them to bow down before me for that. But then... I actually DID learn Japanese and realized how fucking stupid I had been. The purpose of language is communication. If I am communicating to someone in English...

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Look, I did the same thing when I was first learning Japanese. I used the Japanese titles for things and say that "Tonari no Totoro" just sounded better than "My Neighbor Totoro." It was all lies. I was doing it for the same reason everyone does it--to show off and look cool.

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