r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Illustrious_Art9093 • 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/SDR_Fang 12h ago

It's… unfortunately, not a distinguishable Chinese character.

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u/macguini 11h ago

I don't know many Chinese characters. But I know this isn't Japanese or Korean either. Maybe another language or some personal symbol?

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u/simulationgamemaker 11h ago

I can tell you it's not anything meaningful in any mainstream language

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u/General-Reserve9349 6h ago

Oh we’re going into the underground language scene now

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u/HuevosProfundos 6h ago

I was into Rongorongo before it was cool

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u/sabobedhuffy 3h ago

No offense but I have doubts that any one person could be sure of that. Unless you're a world-renowned language scholar, what you're speaking now is hubris not knowledge.

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u/simulationgamemaker 3h ago

That's why I put the word "mainstream". To me being a mainstream language means its name is known by most people around the world

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u/ExperienceDaveness 1h ago

There problem with that is that no one else on the planet magically knew what you think of as mainstream languages.

Some people can name 500 or more languages. Some people can name 5.

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u/simulationgamemaker 1h ago

I bet the word "most" is well legible there

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u/macguini 19m ago

It might be possible if you're a bigger language nerd than I am. A lot of languages are based off of another. Each language you learn makes the next one easier. Especially if they're in the same family. It's also a great way to understand the culture. At least with my experience with learning Japanese. It made me think differently when using it. When you learn a language, you often hear about the origins of certain words and phrases.

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u/simulationgamemaker 17m ago

Hello fellow language nerd. Nice to meet you.

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u/MasterofCaveShadows 5h ago

Buddy Japanese symbols and Chinese symbols are the same. Japanese Kanji is just Chinese characters.

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u/FarDescription6683 4h ago

Hiragana and Katakana are exclusive to Japanese. Japanese isn't just Kanji like Chinese is just Hanzi.

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u/MasterofCaveShadows 4h ago

Yes but those aren’t symbols those are kana which are much closer to an alphabet in structure and implementation.

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u/xXUNDERDOG97Xx 10h ago

The closest character I could find... 公 which mostly translates to public it seems.

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u/NurseColubris 7h ago

Someone interrupted him before he could finish "... Conveyance. Not for hire."

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u/TangoPRomeo 8h ago

So Tony Hinchcliffe's tramp stamp, then?