It’s just scientific fact that they love being slaves to corporations unlike us, the proudly independent and individualistic Westerners smuglord

Source: I was on a Discord with a Japanese dude

  • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I think the weirdness comes from the fact that words ending in -ese are both singular and plural, while you need to add an -s as a suffix for other nationalities.
    “That chinese is riding a bike” / “the Chinese are riding bikes” vs “that German is riding a bike” / “the Germans are riding bikes”

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      4 months ago

      There we go, you see it in “a Dutch” and “an Irish” too, because they’re singular and plural, and don’t see it in stuff like “a Pole” or “a Scot” because they have a different plural form.
      Guess I was wrong, for once it is an actual rule.

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        Who knows if its an actual rule though? I think -ese can be singular as well as plural, so it should be fine, but it sounds wack. Maybe it’s a rule like “I before E, except after C (weird!)”