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Topic	In ResetERA news: Users are actively PISSED OFF how Cait Sith is pronounced
Pogo_Marimo 10/04/23 10:21:45 AM #216:	ssjevot posted... Japan is just an English language name for Japan, it's used in Japan too. We sometimes call America Beikoku (actually that's the formal name on government forms), it's not a mispronunciation, just another name for it. Japan pretty much exclusively uses foreign created names for Japan (Nihon/Nippon comes from Chinese, as does Wa). Yamato is the only actual Japanese name for Japan. "Japan" literally originated as a mispronounciation of Cipangu though, which was already a fairly inconsiderate name considering that's not what the Japanese called themselves at the time. It's a mispronounciation that's become normalized. --- 'Cause you know that I have no fear, ain't gonna walk into the river and disappear. I'm gonna be a powerful man. Red blood running down the broken sand. <cite>Pogo_Marimo posted [p:976469428] in In ResetER... [t:80584239]...</cite> <quote>ssjevot posted... </cite><quote>Japan is just an English language name for Japan, it's used in Japan too. We sometimes call America Beikoku (actually that's the formal name on government forms), it's not a mispronunciation, just another name for it. Japan pretty much exclusively uses foreign created names for Japan (Nihon/Nippon comes from Chinese, as does Wa). Yamato is the only actual Japanese name for Japan.</quote>"Japan" literally originated as a mispronounciation of Cipangu though, which was already a fairly inconsiderate name considering that's not what the Japanese called themselves at the time. It's a mispronounciation that's become normalized. --- 'Cause you know that I have no fear, ain't gonna walk into the river and disappear. I'm gonna be a powerful man. Red blood running down the broken sand.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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