Anime @ani.social NineSwords @ani.social 3mo ago

The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words - "Isekai" is now officially part of the OED.

www.theguardian.com The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words

More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer is also included

It's official. You're not an otaku nerd anymore if you say Isekai but someone with an extensive vocabulary. Don't let anyone tell you anything else!

Isekai @ani.social Lvxferre @ani.social 3mo ago

The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words - "Isekai" is now officially part of the OED.

www.theguardian.com /books/2024/mar/27/the-oxford-english-dictionarys-latest-update-adds-23-japanese-words

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Coming up next for the Oxford dictionary: Truck-kun.
Does that mean isekai is a valid scrabble word?
- Doesn't Scrabble have its own dictionary?
  
  There are Scrabble dictionaries, but they're mostly for convenience.
  
  The actual rule is that you can use any word that appears in a standard English dictionary, except for suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, or anything that requires a hyphen, apostrophe, or capital letter.
- Yep!
Katsu, donburi, okonomiyaki...

Now I'm just hungry. Three of my favorites all in one article.
!isekai@ani.social is open! Now not just for weaboo, but also for people of culture! ...we're still a buncha weebz.
Zettai ryouiki betta be in there too.
- For the connoisseurs

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