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Sex, lies and the history of the Japanese language
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220 days ago in
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I found the allegory of the Japanese family a little over extended in this Japan Times piece on the history of kanji, katakana and hiragana. Still an interesting read if you can follow it.
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Socced for "Hiragana is gay" appearing in the JapanTimes.
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strange..a bit too strange. Even for my standards. Or maybe it is because I have not gotten enough sleep recently.
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