The Cozy Corner

[jonnoback]

Or an alley

Sounds like you have some beans to spill

 

[Nylonian]

Can you translate オタク for me?
Google isn't helping!!!

Otaku. Hmm closest English translation by feel is probably someone who is deeply passionate and knowledgeable about a topic or niche. You can be a densha otaku (train nerd), history otaku or like to dig into niche and interesting films of a genre. It's a pretty useful and nuanced word. Aficiando would be the closest equivalent but that doesn't really cut it.

 

[humanmale]

Top 10 Asian Horror/Thriller as of this year:
1. Audition
2. Oldboy
3. Ju-on
4. Marebito
5. Uzumaki
6. Parasite
7. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
8. Home Sweet Home (HK)
9. Train to Busan
10. Exit 8

#9

I'm 50% Korean, you know? Swear to God. My dad fled to Busan from Seoul in 1950. #Facts

 

[Nylonian]

Maybe your standards are too high?

They really are. I still don't have a date to the Vivid Winter Ball.

 

[Nylonian]

#9

I'm 50% Korean, you know? Swear to God. My dad fled to Busan from Seoul in 1950. #Facts

Jeongmal yo? That's so cool. My best friend is Korean.

 

[KatieKulka32]

Sounds like you have some beans to spill

Was just trying to steal your wallet

They really are. I still don't have a date to the Vivid Winter Ball.

When is that?

 

[EyesOnHers]

Otaku. Hmm closest English translation by feel is probably someone who is deeply passionate and knowledgeable about a topic or niche. You can be a densha otaku (train nerd), history otaku or like to dig into niche and interesting films of a genre. It's a pretty useful and nuanced word. Aficiando would be the closest equivalent but that doesn't really cut it.

So I'm a British otaku

*Please note: otaku... not otter or beaver*

 

[jason28053]

So I'm a British otaku

*Please note: otaku... not otter or beaver*

Noted!!

 

[humanmale]

Nerds

Can you translate オタク for me?
Google isn't helping!!!

It's "Nerd". No polish. It's just "Nerd"

 

[KatieKulka32]

It's "Nerd". No polish. It's just "Nerd"

 

[Nylonian]

When is that?

14th of June I think...

 

[KatieKulka32]

14th of June I think...

You still have time

 

[Nylonian]

It's "Nerd". No polish. It's just "Nerd"

Yeah you see nerd doesn't work for me because of its associations and connotations. Doesn't really capture the nuance. It's probably a fusion of nerd and aficiando but that's clumsy. As a translator, these are my battles...

 

[jonnoback]

Was just trying to steal your wallet

My what? Wait? Where’s my

 

[EyesOnHers]

It's "Nerd". No polish.

Why? What do the Polish call it?

 

[Luv2LickSweets]

Fun fact: Nerds are originally remnants of Gobstobbers from the manufacturing process that they packaged and sold.

 

[humanmale]

Yeah you see nerd doesn't work for me because of its associations and connotations. Doesn't really capture the nuance. It's probably a fusion of nerd and aficiando but that's clumsy. As a translator, these are my battles...

I get it, but Nerd only have a negative connotation because of western philosophy. Aficionado is the original description of Nerd. A "specialist".

 

[jason28053]

Fun fact: Nerds are originally remnants of Gobstobbers from the manufacturing process that they packaged and sold.

I’m gobsmacked

 

[humanmale]

Why? What do the Polish call it?

You know what I … pfhht, forget about it

 

[Luv2LickSweets]

I’m gobsmacked

Well played

 

[Lord_Libido]

Gaming and edible night

 

[Luv2LickSweets]

What happened to @Dayhoosier and his bourbon? Is he passed out already?

 

[humanmale]

Jeongmal yo? That's so cool. My best friend is Korean.

kam sam nida

 

[KatieKulka32]

Gaming and edible night

Mario kart?
Settlers of catan?
Beer pong?

 

[EyesOnHers]

What happened to @Dayhoosier and his bourbon? Is he passed out already?

I see... don't care about me and my unsteady stumbling