Appropriated Words: the Westernisation of Foreign Languages

[Cam]

i think that one may be okay?

@Ouijaloveletters

ι

i think this is still a greek character but it is an i so yeah

but then again i don’t know all writing systems so take it with a grain of salt haha

[Ouijaloveletters]

ι’ll υѕe ιт, and ιғ anyone callѕ мe oυт, ι’ll pιcĸ ѕoмeтнιng elѕe.

[Cam]

alrighty~

[Ouijaloveletters]

or υnтιl ι geт вored wιтн ιт.

[Ouijaloveletters]

нey, ι’м alѕo wearιng a ѕнιrт wιтн japaneѕe cнaracтerѕ on ιт. ιѕ тнaт oĸ?

[Ouijaloveletters]

ι’d gυeѕѕ noт.

[Cam]

by characters do you mean like
fictional characters or some specific kanji / katakana / hiragana? /gen

[Ouijaloveletters]

тнιѕ.

[Cam]

oh gotchu
well as long as you know what it says? and wear it because you like… i’m assuming it’s song lyrics? so if you wear it bc you like the song lyrics?
it shouldn’t be a problem imo? (but then again, i’m only one person AND i’m not japanese so i have little to no authority on this topic)

[Ouijaloveletters]

ι’м gυeѕѕιng ιт ѕayѕ ѕoмeтнιng aвoυт нaтѕυne мιĸυ. тнaт’ѕ тнe cнaracтer on тнe ѕнιrт.

[Ouijaloveletters]

мy aυnт goт ιт ғor мe.

[Cam]

honestly i don’t have a proper answer for this, sorry >.<

[Duckling]

@Cam

it’s okay, i guessed you didn’t have any ill intentions
it’s just a bit iffy, since it’s using greek characters improperly (for example: σ is an s, not an o, ρ is an r, not a p, ω is a (long) o, not a w, etc)

Some people do that with russian/cyrillic(?) characters too and it can be really confusing because my brain has to adjust to it first but I’m not really offended by it tbh, it’s just funny to me

@Ouijaloveletters

I fully get it. wнaт aвoυт тнιѕ?

This one uses cyrillic letters as well н = n, в =w

[Cam]

yeah it’s confusing to me too ndjdbdjx
my brain goes like “?? language???”

and thanks for telling us!

[Ouijaloveletters]

Ohh. Oops. Stupid aesthetic fonts.

[SYRINIX]

@Cam

now a lot of people associate it with a hate symbol

In the Naruto manga, Neji’s seal is a swastica, and people were like “Omg why would Kishimoto put a nazi symbol on Nejis head ” But they don’t realize that the swastika was appropriated

[Nil]

@Cam

Filipino isn’t gender neutral smh

I think it’s because a and o are usually associated with being feminine or masculine (like a stereotype?). And honestly we do that in some nouns in Filipino; we actually use Pinay too, but yes they are definitely gender-neutral. like it’s just like how other citizens from other countries are, kinda like American or Nigerian xDDD

[Kristi]

@Nil

kinda like American or Nigerian xDDD

People probably see it as gender neutral more because of it ends with An and they do not need to change a/o or something.

But agreed

[Cam]

@SYRINIX

In the Naruto manga, Neji’s seal is a swastica, and people were like “Omg why would Kishimoto put a nazi symbol on Nejis head ” But they don’t realize that the swastika was appropriated

i have never watched naruto but tbh? it’s really cool that they used it?
since it appeals to a wide audience, i’d hope that would at least help others learn about the swastika?

@Nil

I think it’s because a and o are usually associated with being feminine or masculine (like a stereotype?)

yeah, that’s probably it
the thing is that that idea is very western? so it’s completely ignoring that filipinos are southeast asians with their own concepts and all? (from what i’ve read)

@Nil

we actually use Pinay too

ooooh i didn’t know that! i’ll keep that in mind ^^

[Ouijaloveletters]

Yeah, the Swastika was a religious symbol. Hang on, I’ll look for more info.