So, English has this thing where they would swap the first letter of some shorten versions of the names. William -> Will -> Bill Richard -> Rick -> Dick Later on the name became slang for penis, so people stopped using it as a nickname. I think it also was used as slang for detectives, because of the Dick Tracy series. Which may be were the insulting conotation may come from.
So W in German sounds like V in Spanish, and then V in Spanish sounds like B in English. William in German got shortened to Willy often and eventually made its way to England and sounded like Billy or Bill to English speakers. But then you also have Guillame and Guillermo for French and Spanish, and there's also stuff like Liam, Guille, and Will... just too many nicknames to count. The common anecdote about the root of F*** you is that it comes from archers shouting "pluck yew"! before firing at their hated enemies. I guess pronunciation was just really inconsistent back then. Also, Nichijou is amazing, big recommend.
Because our language has been influenced by Scandinavian languages during the Viking era, French after the Norman Conquest, and a plethora of other lesser influences. Had these influences not occurred English would sound a lot more like German.
"Universal dialects" are a relatively recent thing in Europe. Prior to the 19th Century, European languages were a whole slew of dialects with different pronunciations and inflections. Very few survived to today. Examples being Saxon, Bavarian, and the dreaded Swiss German (basically its own language), or US, Welsh, Scottish and "English" English. Only with railroads, telegrams, and more modern technologies, as well as nationalization of education systems, did things get standardized. Combine that with swapping letters for fun, and the fact that European calligraphy used in historical formal documents can make "R" look an awful lot like "D" (plus a whole lot of other swaps), and that is how you get funny words, phrases, or nicknames. "Richard" in German sounds like "Rickart," which is why "Rick" is another shorthand. Now mix up "R" and "D" in gothic scripts, and you get "Dick."
Where I'm from we have a fast food burger joint called Dicks hamburgers so whenever I go back home I always say "I'm gonna eat a bag full of Dicks!" like the mature person I am 😂
Does anyone know if the figure of Henya at 0:55 in this video is for sale and where I can go to get it? The logo at the bottom of the image is too small for me to make out but the figure looks super cute.
To answer the confusion Nicknames have been with English speakers for thousands of years. Richard as Dick, predates Dick as a part of the male anatomy by at least a thousand years. King Richard the Worst probably caused that change, and the use of dick as an insult.
Someone who speaks Japanese, a language where you very frequently drop words depending on context, compaining about how context-dependent English is pretty funny, not gonna lie.
Trying to understand English, especially American English, is brutal because it’s like 9 languages mushed together with rules taken and ignored from each. My Irish side of the family even had our last named misspelled during immigration so to look up my Irish ancestors they have a different last name. It’s kind of like learning the different dialects of Spanish that evolved from one thing into many regional variants collecting slang along the way. I imagine for Henya it’s kinda like the difference between Tokyo Japanese, Osaka Japanese, Hiroshima Japanese, and Hokkaido Japanese.
Wait until someone tells her the nickname the silly frog everyone knows in chat has is from a Spanish name that's pronounced and spelled absolutely nothing like the nickname lol
6:57 "Dad where are you taking me to?"
"Henya, you are already a big girl..."
Some days, Henya is like: Why, English? Why?"
Other days, Henya is like: "Why, Japanese? Why?"
We love our adorkable kettle.
"I work for Dick Jones! Dick Jones! He's the Number Two Guy at OCP. OCP runs the cops."
"You're a cop!"
To be fair it is like Kanji. What it means varies heavily based on context.
when chat hears there is someone they not know around henya
"IS he/she single" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
love this chat in particular
Dick's Sporting Goods is probably the store.
A good place to get balls
So, English has this thing where they would swap the first letter of some shorten versions of the names.
William -> Will -> Bill
Richard -> Rick -> Dick
Later on the name became slang for penis, so people stopped using it as a nickname.
I think it also was used as slang for detectives, because of the Dick Tracy series. Which may be were the insulting conotation may come from.
My sister's Highschool P.E. teacher's name was Richard Lick... Dude must have had the worst parents
So W in German sounds like V in Spanish, and then V in Spanish sounds like B in English. William in German got shortened to Willy often and eventually made its way to England and sounded like Billy or Bill to English speakers. But then you also have Guillame and Guillermo for French and Spanish, and there's also stuff like Liam, Guille, and Will... just too many nicknames to count.
The common anecdote about the root of F*** you is that it comes from archers shouting "pluck yew"! before firing at their hated enemies. I guess pronunciation was just really inconsistent back then.
Also, Nichijou is amazing, big recommend.
Thank you for the knowledge 🙏
Someone should tell her about the other meanings for "John", that should be fun.
I can just imagine her confusion at the shortening of Margaret to Peggy. Sure, it's more often Maggie, but not always. XD
I once knew a Richard Head the Third, the fact three generations missed the joke is beyond me
"Why English?"
As a native English speaker, I frequently ask myself that question.
Because our language has been influenced by Scandinavian languages during the Viking era, French after the Norman Conquest, and a plethora of other lesser influences. Had these influences not occurred English would sound a lot more like German.
Let's be real, Henya and Zen and maybe mousey could star in a Helvetica Standard skit.
Nichijou is timeless
love nichijou
It's just one of those things that made sense like 700 years ago and everyone thinks its kinda funny so we let it stick around.
2:25 real voice interlude
2:04 and right here as well lol
My two favourites
If Henya learned about the Arabic names, I think her mind will be blown away about the variant one name can has.
Henya's got good taste in anime. Nichijou is great, but it's also one of the *_weirdest_* anime I've ever seen lol.
Another good anime to check out is Ore Monogatori, it's a fun twist on the usual romance story and very funny at times
A musician named : little richard
Someone want to tell her about Willy, Wang, and Johnson? (And a quick Google search says Peter and Roger have had the same meaning too).
My friend's name is Richard. A joke he likes is "How do you get Dick out of Richard? You ask him nicely."
"Universal dialects" are a relatively recent thing in Europe. Prior to the 19th Century, European languages were a whole slew of dialects with different pronunciations and inflections. Very few survived to today. Examples being Saxon, Bavarian, and the dreaded Swiss German (basically its own language), or US, Welsh, Scottish and "English" English. Only with railroads, telegrams, and more modern technologies, as well as nationalization of education systems, did things get standardized.
Combine that with swapping letters for fun, and the fact that European calligraphy used in historical formal documents can make "R" look an awful lot like "D" (plus a whole lot of other swaps), and that is how you get funny words, phrases, or nicknames. "Richard" in German sounds like "Rickart," which is why "Rick" is another shorthand. Now mix up "R" and "D" in gothic scripts, and you get "Dick."
Where I'm from we have a fast food burger joint called Dicks hamburgers so whenever I go back home I always say "I'm gonna eat a bag full of Dicks!" like the mature person I am 😂
We go to Dick's to get balls... and other sporting goods.
I am Cowboy Sakamoto
sakamoto is japanese gigachad
This just made me realize that a lot of English slang words for genitals double as insults.
Lol, I could be SO MESSY right now with that name, but I won't.
Henya is very much like character from Nichijou XD
For those unaware, the nickname predates the sus meaning.
Does anyone know if the figure of Henya at 0:55 in this video is for sale and where I can go to get it? The logo at the bottom of the image is too small for me to make out but the figure looks super cute.
youtooz.com/products/henya-the-genius
To answer the confusion Nicknames have been with English speakers for thousands of years. Richard as Dick, predates Dick as a part of the male anatomy by at least a thousand years. King Richard the Worst probably caused that change, and the use of dick as an insult.
Someone who speaks Japanese, a language where you very frequently drop words depending on context, compaining about how context-dependent English is pretty funny, not gonna lie.
Trying to understand English, especially American English, is brutal because it’s like 9 languages mushed together with rules taken and ignored from each. My Irish side of the family even had our last named misspelled during immigration so to look up my Irish ancestors they have a different last name. It’s kind of like learning the different dialects of Spanish that evolved from one thing into many regional variants collecting slang along the way.
I imagine for Henya it’s kinda like the difference between Tokyo Japanese, Osaka Japanese, Hiroshima Japanese, and Hokkaido Japanese.
Nichijouuuu yeaaaahg
No-one introduce her to Australian english then, even other english speakers don't understand what we're talking about half the time lol
based Henya; Nichijou is goated.
Azumanga daioh is crazier than nichijou imo
have she seen tonari no seki kun?
Wait until someone tells her the nickname the silly frog everyone knows in chat has is from a Spanish name that's pronounced and spelled absolutely nothing like the nickname lol
i wonder if henya was visiting dick blick...
She should hear old names like gaylord 😂
Sock a Moto?
Henya should react to some george carlin
Chat iw thirty for hot single sakamotos in your area
It's because America is a repressed and prudish society, and almost anything in English can be turned into an innuendo.