TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 hours agoWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?message-squaremessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 hours agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoFor government, admin, science, etc. if you can guess how middle chinese (a wu variety IIRC, but I might be misremembering) would have evolved in Japan, you’ll probably be right.
For government, admin, science, etc. if you can guess how middle chinese (a wu variety IIRC, but I might be misremembering) would have evolved in Japan, you’ll probably be right.