cyklone117 t1_jd9pshb wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:58 PM

Reply to comment by Kzickas in ELI5: Why do English speakers switch Japanese names to have the family name last, but not Korean names? by JorWat

It's still inconsistent. Take MLB phenom (and MVP of the 2023 World Baseball Classic) Shohei Ohtani for example. The family name is Ohtani, but in the MLB his name is westernized. As is every other Japanese (and Korean) player signed to the MLB.

cyklone117 t1_j6olruy wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:19 PM

Reply to comment by AcusTwinhammer in ELI5 - When filling multiple choice bubbles at random why only go with 1 letter? by Stellar_Panda

I had a friend in high school who used the magician's run, a.k.a. ABBACADABBA

cyklone117 t1_j67no98 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 8:23 AM

Reply to TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety

I learned it from comedian Tom Segura.