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[devoutish]

ws lukng up infrmatn abt nu splngs usd n txt cmmncatn n fns n cmputrs etc n mst of wut I fnd ws fckng wingng abt kds toda bng lzy n nt noing hw to spl prprly as f ts wr a mdrn fckng invntn

tr r sum difs n nw tngs hv bn dn wi em tt we ddnt do n t pst wi r telgrfs ex t nos splly r clvr

inform8ion, 4warned, 2day

bt t ida ws crtnly nt invntd bi 21st cntry chldrn s py rspct 2 ur eldrs wo wr fr bttr t bng incmprhnsbl tn ur kds toda

wn i gt trd f mi tny tlfn kybrd im guna rite al mi txts lk ts




[OOC translation for people who don't hate themselves:

was looking up information about new spellings used in text communication on phones and computers etc. and most of what I found was fucking whinging about kids today being lazy and not knowing how to spell properly as if this were a modern fucking invention

there are differences and new things have been done with them that we didn't do much in the past with our telegraphs for example the numbers especially are clever

information, forewarned, today

but the idea was certainly not invented by 21st century children so pay respect to your elders who were far better at being incomprehensible than your kids today

when I get tired of my tiny telephone keyboard I'm going to write all my texts like this ]

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[unbreaker]

i'm just that great




[And then a second later because he's such a great and nice guy...]

it's a keyboard language setting

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[devoutish]

jpns?

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[unbreaker]

u got it (°◇°人°◇°)

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[devoutish]

cn i gt tt as wl?

[Never mind that he doesn't speak a lick of Japanese and has no interest in learning.]

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[unbreaker]

what...?

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[devoutish]

1 of these language settings, cn i change mine as well?

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[unbreaker]

oh
yeah

but u don't wanna do that
u wanna dl the japanese language keyboard



i mean u can change ur shit to japanese if you want but i'm gonna laugh at u if u do
i wouldn't change it to nething u don't actually know



...what other languages do u know neway

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[devoutish]

russian, yiddish, bit of hebrew

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[unbreaker]

seriously?

that's really kewl.

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[devoutish]

is it?

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[unbreaker]

yeah, of course!



i mean, the nanites translate shit for us but it's not the same as actually knowing other languages

that's p awesome

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[devoutish]

i kno russian because my mums russian, yiddish and hebrew because im jewish. nthng so unique there.

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[unbreaker]

never said it's unique just that it's p great

like, i'm half japanese but if it weren't for the nanites i couldn't really speak english, just a few words of it

[He's learned more living here and could probably speak it relatively well without the help of the nanites now, or at least...he thinks he could. It's really hard to say.]

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[devoutish]

if i spoke russian at you wld it trans8?

[Just asking out of curiosity. Clearly.]

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[unbreaker]

Yes.

[Spoken, probably.

As for written...probably not. Or maybe not as automatically, anyway.]

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[devoutish]

thr r times when tt would b convenient n times when it would b inconvenient

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[unbreaker]

yeah
i actually think i know what u mean


if it's any consolation tho, i think it works the same way as regular conversations do
like if you're not paying attention ur not gonna pick up on some shit regardless of whether u speak the language or not

[What he's trying to say is that Alfie's still got some privacy. And that he's not going to be milking the translation privilege to get a leg up on the older man. Or at least...he has no intentions of doing that, not unless his hand is forced somehow.]

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[devoutish]

im nt worried abt u inconveniencing me m8

[He can take that as he wants.]

r u riting japanese now then?

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[unbreaker]

don't underestimate me i can be a real pain in the ass




and no... there was a lot of translating in the bginning but after 2+ yrs here, i picked up on some things.

[Which is probably for the best. Relying on the nanites more than he has to isn't something Josuke really likes doing.]

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[devoutish]

bttr at reading n riting than speaking then? tts opposite fm me,
i cnt rite a word of russian.

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[unbreaker]

i'd say it's about equal, but there's still some words in english that are hard to say

i'm better at it now than i was before tho, just takes practice. and patience, i guess.




u could probably learn 2 write russian this way if u wanted.

we could try it sometime if u like

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[devoutish]

hw cld u teach me a language u do nt speak?

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[unbreaker]

whoa i'm not gonna teach you nething i'm saying u can practice writing it with me if u wanna.

u'd be teaching urself essentially.

just not alone. figured that'd be more fun.

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[devoutish]

seems pointless 2 pick u then dsnt it

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[unbreaker]

i was just trying to be nice u don't gotta be a dick