Wednesday, May 30, 2018

wed., 30 may, 2018: 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  =  Yankee; loan word = mama

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