Tuesday, May 31, 2016

tues., 31 may, 2016: turning gaijan, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


JAPANESE:   ヤンママ  / [やんまま, yanmama...  §

  §)  Lit., “Yank mom..  /  Yankee mom...  i.e.,  U.S. mother; American mom,  probably just a bit racist & xenophobic, Japanese don’t entirely accept outsiders,  & as such used as an insult when refering to biracial Japanese who indeed have Yank mamas.  Etym., English loan word, & abrrev. of  = Y ankee; loan word  =  mama

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