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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020

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      "Hippopotamus" literally means "river horse" though https://twitter.com/XiranJayZhao/status/1316076159315005442 …

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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020

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      And I'm pretty sure in many countries jeans actually are just called "vaqueros" https://twitter.com/XiranJayZhao/status/1316077176907657217?s=19 …

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    3. JB‏ @MichaelBinkley_ 13 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      Also, the Chinese had a symbol for "cowboy" a few hundred years ago? I wouldn't have expected that.

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020
      Replying to @MichaelBinkley_ @JasonBruno17

      The Chinese had cows and people whose job it was to take care of cows, so yes, they had cowboys

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @JasonBruno17

      Although, yes, a translator would probably use the more neutral term "cowherd" in most contexts to avoid the specific cultural associations (I'm told the slang term "cowboy" was originally associated with cattle *rustlers*, hence its violent and badass associations)

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        1. Fen-nic Hartley  🔞‏ @nichartley 13 Oct 2020
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          for the people who don't speak American English a "cattle rustler" is someone who steals cows

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @JasonBruno17

          Okay so I just looked this up and I was wrong, "niúzăi" in "niúzăikù" isn't the neutral term "cowherd", it actually is a calque of the English term "cowboy" ("cow" + "boy") Before they adopted it from English it would've meant "male calf"

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 13 Oct 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @JasonBruno17

          That's interesting, but I guess after all American pop culture was already all over the world in the 19th century, people reading Westerns anywhere they sold popular books

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