▲ 139 ▼ Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by opalescent@lemmy.zip to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Borat@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) https://www.etymonline.com/word/OK#etymonline_v_2557 Also, you reminded me of one of my favourite Wikipedia pages (see Examples section): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms permalink fedilink source parent