How Japanese and English merged to create a new language
Tokyo CNN — When John Dougill first came to Japan 30 years ago, he spotted an odd phrase adorning his neighborhood butcher’s shop in Kyoto. Instead of “meat shop,” its sign read “flesh shop.” Dougill assumed shop staff weren’t aware of their English-language error. But when he flagged it to the …
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