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Old 11-11-2007, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by daenerys325 View Post
It's interesting, I speak Chinese and when I watch Kdramas with English subs they use a few of the same words as us. Just like Japanese, I think they got borrowed from the language.
Chinese, Japanese and Korean do share similar words. It's not really considered borrowing like "anime" and "animation" is, but just how the languages evolved. Like 'kyoda' and 'kawaii' for Korean & japanese, then "hakkyo" and "gakkou" in the same two languages.
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