REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to Anime@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoWhy do translators do this?hexbear.netimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1imageWhy do translators do this?hexbear.netREgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to Anime@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square44linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months ago which is often shortened to ossan TIL. Interesting that there’s a similar concept in Finnish and other languages.
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoEven in the English-speaking world unrelated close adult family friends can sometimes get called uncles or aunts, no? 🤔 That’s kind of on the same wavelength
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoYah. “Auntie” is especially common outside of WASP culture.
TIL.
Interesting that there’s a similar concept in Finnish and other languages.
Even in the English-speaking world unrelated close adult family friends can sometimes get called uncles or aunts, no? 🤔
That’s kind of on the same wavelength
Yah. “Auntie” is especially common outside of WASP culture.