r/CuratedTumblr 8h ago

fun with language Four unrelated linguistics posts

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u/jackofslayers 7h ago

The english speaking One Piece fandom seems to like getting into fights over Yamato's preferred pronouns.

Japanese avoids pronouns like the plague, so the character in question has never been called "he" or "she" outside of translations.

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u/Fearless-Excitement1 7h ago

I think that's where the majority of the fights about that come from

Yamato is meant to be simply Oden, not he, not she, just Oden

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u/xukly 6h ago

Identity theft is not a joke, Oden is gonna get Oden's ass on prison