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  • Do Americans say “corner shop”? Corner shops are usually UK thing because they are shops that are on the corners of residential streets, hence the name. When the houses were built it was thought that people would need access to convenient shops so they built the street with a shop on it.















  • I’ve been to Alcatraz prison and gone on the tour and one of the things that she spoke about was how much of a pain it was being on an island. Since you’re totally the mercy of the sea is to whether or not you can get supplies in.

    The only real advantage of Alcatraz was that it was difficult to escape from but you can get the exact same result with fencing and guards, so there’s no point putting up with the logistical challenges have been stuck on an island, which is why it was closed.


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    6 days ago

    I refuse to believe anyone can actually read Japanese. I can speak a very little bit of Japanese but I have no idea about the language at all. I don’t know how to approach a language that lacks the concept of an alphabet.

    How to Japanese people know how to write a particular word? In most languages you can hear the word and at least get a good idea of how it’s written, even if it’s a made-up word. In manga there are a lot of made up, in universe words, and I do not understand how they decide how to write to write to them down or how anyone who reads those words knows how to pronounce the word.