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submitted 6 months ago by Servais@discuss.tchncs.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee
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[-] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

Japan is Japan everywhere except Japan.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Everyone uses the name that China used. I guess that's the benefit and downside of only having one neighbor.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This caused me to think about upside versus downside and benefit versus some word that isn't anti-benefit, unbenefit, abenefit, ilbenefit, irbenefit, imbenefit, inbenefit, debenefit, disbenefit. There is no etymological related antonym to benefit.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 6 months ago
[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I like the way you think

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

The only exception I could find is that Japan is 'Japon' in Bambara.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah but Nippon is reaaally close to the word.

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