" 'Lying flat' and 'Involution': passive-aggressive resistance" (6/4/21)." Japanese (and Chinese) Onomatopoeia" (7/21/08)." Korean language in Chinese film" (9/9/21)." Too many recent Japanese loanwords in English?" (7/17/13)." Tribes" (3/10/15) - especially this comment.(of course, as I have pointed out in various posts, mainland Chinese youth also adore such aspects of Japanese pop culture) and the lasting impact of a half-century of Japanese colonization of Taiwan, with its deeply implanted educational and cultural roots. The prevalence of Japaneseisms in this kind of conversation reveals the love of Taiwanese youth for manga, anime, etc.
"Ma, do you think she's cute? (scratches head" I decided to try something more suitable, and it worked well: "I teach classical Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania" I think that the words that come after the single parenthesis are like a verbal emoticon. When the woman confirmed that she did not, the man said, “Ma, then do you want to be with me www? (tilts head.” The man began his next sentence with “Ma” (嘛), an imitation of a Japanese auxiliary similar to “well,” and said, “Then we are very compatible, “Www” is internet slang derived from the Japanese word for “to smile” or “to laugh.” The single parenthesis is often used online to supplement comments with physical reactions. The original post appeared in a Facebook group named “Anime and Manga Headquarters” (動漫本部), in which a user named Lala Du asked, “Does everyone who has read manga or seen anime talk like this?” A screenshot showed a person, presumably a man, asking if the message recipient, presumably a woman, reads manga or watches anime, to which the recipient replied, “Sometimes.” 14), going viral in Taiwan, where netizens now end every sentence with short descriptive phrases such as “smiles brightly” and “pats head.” "'Otaku speak' goes viral in Taiwan after man unsuccessfully woos woman: Awkard online conversation style becomes latest trend in Taiwan’s meme world", by Stephanie Chiang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer, 9Ī set of screenshots showing a man’s awkward attempt to woo a woman surfaced on Wednesday (Sept. The bases of our story are to be found in this article: 4 Types and classification of Japanese otaku.įull length Wikipedia article, with the following contents: ( fandom slang ) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly anime or manga.įrom Japanese オタク ( otaku, “ nerd, geek ” ), from お宅 ( otaku, honorific for “you” ), originally the honorific version of 宅 ( taku, “ home ” ). To comprehend what's going on in this post, you have to understand the basics of what an "otaku" is.