Fei Ren Zai - Ch. 195 - Do you still remember the first English word you memorized?
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Ah, I understand the thing about moons. Months pretty much used to be calculated by lunar cycles, so literally 'first moon' is talking about the first full lunar moon cycle in a year. That is why it is technically correct, but still an anachronism. This is also present in other languages; For instance, the english word 'month' actually has the same etymological root as 'moon'.
There might be different languages in the world, but the underlying logic of characters representing a concept is how written language works in the first place. Only reasons I see that all the languages cannot be unified is due to connotations attached to concepts due to regional zeitgeists, as well as unique ephemeral ideas (like the word zeitgeist).
Or to put it in present-day terms, memes of the past have ruined communication between people.
There might be different languages in the world, but the underlying logic of characters representing a concept is how written language works in the first place. Only reasons I see that all the languages cannot be unified is due to connotations attached to concepts due to regional zeitgeists, as well as unique ephemeral ideas (like the word zeitgeist).
Or to put it in present-day terms, memes of the past have ruined communication between people.
@Diamona That isn't really the joke. Nezha just wrote the first three Chinese terms out in pinyin without actually translating them to English, then got bored and just started drawing a dog and cats. Longnu translated each word literally and out of context. She isn't even trying to say "first month". It's literally just one and moon.
@sssr It is INDEED the joke behind what Longnu did. In Chinese and Japanese 'January' is written as 一月, which is a combination of 一(one) and 月(moon).
When written together, they have the meaning 'first month' but... she just translated them separately in the crassest and most literal way possible. But like I said, the reason 一月 means 'first month' in the first place is because monthswere Edit: are measured by lunar cycles (with some adjustments due to sun position).
We could also have a more literal language, but noooooo, we have to name days of the week after norse gods and a couple of months after Roman figures.
When written together, they have the meaning 'first month' but... she just translated them separately in the crassest and most literal way possible. But like I said, the reason 一月 means 'first month' in the first place is because months
We could also have a more literal language, but noooooo, we have to name days of the week after norse gods and a couple of months after Roman figures.
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Eh? Is this dropped?
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