Today I learned that an obsolete meaning of the word “fren” means stranger (contraction of old English word for foreigner). Wow
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how a foreign language (japanese) reads and pronounces 'friend' lmao
Oh I didn’t realise - also is it really a japlish thing? Just thought it was English people being cutesy but what do I know
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afaik it became widespread enough that others picked it up simply because, yeah, it sounds a lot cuter without being aware of the origin (myself included) but it started out with weebs (like 'waifu') probably an annoying question for future internet etymology researchers
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