@[email protected] to Japanese [email protected] • 1 year agoTIL Japan has something called アメリカンコーヒー, often referred to in English by the unintentionally condescending name "weak coffee".message-square15fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareTIL Japan has something called アメリカンコーヒー, often referred to in English by the unintentionally condescending name "weak coffee".@[email protected] to Japanese [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year ago the name sounds a little judgemental to me. The only way it really sounds judgmental is if you get hung up on the word “weak”.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWeak has a very negative tone to it. Using weak to describe food or drink is rarely, if ever, used in a positive way.
The only way it really sounds judgmental is if you get hung up on the word “weak”.
Weak has a very negative tone to it. Using weak to describe food or drink is rarely, if ever, used in a positive way.