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Re:Is English a “writer-responsible language” and Japanese “... by wodenokoto on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:39AM (#10008179)
This is not a linguistic property of the language. It's a cultural property.

There is nothing in-English about saying McDonalds without adding "is a fast food chain".

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