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Western doublespeak compilation (lemmygrad.ml)
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We all know that the west uses two different words for the same thing depending on where it is happening.

e.g. Secret Police vs Plainclothes Officer
Regime vs Government

Can we have a compilation thread of these words? I am probably using many of them unconsciously without critical examination.

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[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a lot of loanwords that work the same way too. Katana is just the Japanese word for sword, so in Japanese, it's correct to say that Excalibur is a katana.

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Katana is just the Japanese word for sword, so in Japanese, it's correct to say that Excalibur is a katana.

very-smart Actually, Excalibur is double-sided, so it is a 剣/tsurugi.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but a tsurugi is a type of katana so it's both