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    What does baseball, football and pocket monsters have in common?

    Question #68192. Asked by mmaynard. (Jul 13 06 12:24 PM)


    satguru

    		All I can think of is collectible cards, but that applies to almost everything.

    Jul 13 06, 12:28 PM
    What-A-Mess

    		They all are words that have been assimilated (loanword) into the Japanese language in a form that is as close to the original english word as can be spoken in the dialect.

    Pokemon = pocketmonster

    baseabaru = baseball

    I am not sure of the football pronunciation in Japanese and I can not find a list that I know exists.

    Jul 13 06, 12:50 PM
    GoodVibe

    		I also know Japan has some ties to then. For instance, a lot of baseball players are coming from Japan. There are some Japanese players who play in NFL Europe. And Japan gave us Pokemon.

    Jul 13 06, 1:07 PM

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