Yes, I fully agree with the point about remembering 9/11 as a millennial, and wasn’t commenting about that, I just disagree about the one where you said generational terms are a US-only thing :)
And yes, we use the English term for baby boom, it’s a loan word, just like you say “croissant” (or at least, attempt to, haha).
Hah, my mangled attempt at correct pastry pronounciation is something like:
Kwah-san(t).
I am sure that is a bit butchered by proper French standards though, haha!
Unfortunately, if you try to pronounce loan words properly, by the rules of the language they come from, most Americans (very wrongly imo) consider this to be you acting pretentious.
On that note:
I have spent a good amount of time doing karate and so have spoken with a good dreal of native Japanese speakers…
Karaoke is not carry-oh-kee.
It is kah-rah-oh-ke.
Karate is not kara-tee.
It is kah-rah-tay.
… I frankly have no fucking clue how we managed to fuck up karaoke as bad as we did.
Yes, I fully agree with the point about remembering 9/11 as a millennial, and wasn’t commenting about that, I just disagree about the one where you said generational terms are a US-only thing :)
And yes, we use the English term for baby boom, it’s a loan word, just like you say “croissant” (or at least, attempt to, haha).
Hah, my mangled attempt at correct pastry pronounciation is something like:
Kwah-san(t).
I am sure that is a bit butchered by proper French standards though, haha!
Unfortunately, if you try to pronounce loan words properly, by the rules of the language they come from, most Americans (very wrongly imo) consider this to be you acting pretentious.
On that note:
I have spent a good amount of time doing karate and so have spoken with a good dreal of native Japanese speakers…
Karaoke is not carry-oh-kee.
It is kah-rah-oh-ke.
Karate is not kara-tee.
It is kah-rah-tay.
… I frankly have no fucking clue how we managed to fuck up karaoke as bad as we did.