Trudge [Comrade]Aug 22, 2023

Western doublespeak compilation

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1431388

Western doublespeak compilation - Lemmygrad

We all know that the west uses two different words for the same thing depending on where it is happening. e.g. Secret Police vs Plainclothes Officer Regime vs Government Can we have a compilation thread of these words? I am probably using many of them unconsciously without critical examination.

Show threadTrudge [Comrade]Aug 22, 2023
I’ll start the thread.

Billionaire vs Oligarch Custom vs Ritual Freedom fighter vs Terrorist Anime vs Cartoon
Show threadFishLakeAug 22, 2023

Anime vs Cartoon

It appears you have chosen violence.

Show threadToxicDivinity [comrade/them]Aug 22, 2023
cartoon sounds derogatory like “its just a cartoon” but anime sounds like a legitimate genre, although I guess it depends on how old you are
Show threadLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
All cartoons are called anime in Japan. Same goes for comics and manga. It’s literally just the Japanese words for the media. People outside of Japan just use the words to refer to Japanese and Japanese-inspired animation and comics.
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Show threadZuzak [fae/faer, she/her]Aug 23, 2023

There’s a lot of loanwords that work the same way too. Katana is just the Japanese word for sword, so in Japanese, it’s correct to say that Excalibur is a katana.

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Show threadLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]Aug 23, 2023

Katana is just the Japanese word for sword, so in Japanese, it’s correct to say that Excalibur is a katana.

Actually, Excalibur is double-sided, so it is a 剣/tsurugi.

Show threadZuzak [fae/faer, she/her]Aug 23, 2023
Yes, but a tsurugi is a type of katana
Show threadwtypstanaccount04 [he/him]Aug 23, 2023
youtu.be/paTW3wOyIYw?si=P8P3Tg9lwUGBvUFU
Samurai Cop - He speaks fluent Japanese

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Show threadbloubzAug 23, 2023
And in France we usually use comics to refer to US comics, in general DC and Marvel
Show threadLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]Aug 23, 2023
I’m guessing there’s a French word for the French (and/or Belgian?) comics, right? I know there’s a pretty big industry for them over there.
Show threadbloubzAug 23, 2023
Indeed we produce and consume comics that are pretty different from the US and Japanese ones, both in France and Belgium and other countries. France and Belgium used to have some pretty well-known ones but that’s a bit old news We say “Bandes dessinées”