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Old 08-21-2013, 09:26 PM   #2
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Interesting article, I think it hit on a big reason I've never heard expressed before.

I have heard fairly often that western characters are seen as "cool" in Japan (just like people here will get kanji tattoos). And it is sometimes hip to use the western loan words rather than original Japanese words sometimes. (The Japanese language has adopted many English words over the years)

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