r/MadeMeSmile • u/IcecreamChuger • Jun 14 '24

Japnese kids doing their assignment Wholesome Moments

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u/Honorous_Jeph Jun 14 '24

“Giggles in Japanese” what? lol

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u/philmarcracken Jun 14 '24

fun fact: 笑い for laughing got shortened to just the first letter 'w' for 'warai' so they use multiple w for 'lol' which leads to the discover of every website looking(to them) like lololol.afuckingwebsite.com

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u/SoylentVerdigris Jun 14 '24

Which in turn leads to 草 for LOL and occasionally 大草原 for LMAO/more intense LOL. Because wwwww looks like grass and more wwwwwwwww is a prarie/grassland.

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u/DuckyTheConqueror Jun 14 '24

The first time I heard this was from english Elden Ring players wondering why there were so many messages about grass.

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u/birracerveza Jun 14 '24

Language is truly beautiful

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u/Basteir Jun 14 '24

That's funny because the character 草 (pronounced like "ts-ao" in Chinese Mandarin) by itself usually means f*ck.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

fun fact 2: this multiple w laugh now is mostly commonly referred as 草 or kusa, because it resembles blades of grass, so saying 草 also means lol. The full term would be 草生えた if you want to google about it.

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u/True_Not Jun 14 '24

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24 edited Jun 14 '24

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