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* A meta example: This trope is endemic among anime fanfic writers who have picked up a handful of basic Japanese words. Some writers will never deign to use English words like \
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* A meta example: This trope is endemic among anime fanfic writers who have picked up a handful of basic Japanese words. Some writers will never deign to use English words like \\\"Yes,\\\" \\\"Thank you,\\\" or \\\"Good morning,\\\" because [[FanDumb you aren\\\'t an anime fan unless you know basic Japanese]]. This is particularly jarring when you \\\'\\\'do\\\'\\\' know basic Japanese, the author doesn\\\'t, and they [[BlindIdiotTranslation try to use Japanese that they haven\\\'t learned yet]].

General (\\\"meta\\\") example, and incredibly complain-y (I don\\\'t like to see languages misused either, but seriously, take it easy).

* \\\'\\\'Naruto\\\'\\\' fanfic writers love to use the word \\\"teme\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'horribly\\\'\\\'\\\' wrong, based on a couple of lines in canon where Naruto says, \\\"Sasuke, temee...\\\" \\\"Temee\\\" is a hostile equivalent to the pronoun \\\"you\\\" (as in \\\"\\\'\\\'[[CurseCutShort yooooouuuuuu.....]]\\\'\\\'\\\"), though frequently fansubbed as \\\"you bastard.\\\" Fanfic writers assume that it just means \\\"bastard,\\\" and you see the nonsense phrase \\\"the teme\\\" or \\\"that teme\\\" all over fanfic. Also, it\\\'s not a (dis)honorific as in \\\"Sasuke-teme,\\\" but you see \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' everywhere too.
** The above goes for \\\'\\\'onore\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'kisama\\\'\\\' in many fandoms.
** Also sometimes there Naruto-dobe
** And they\\\'re convinced that Kit and Vixen are Japanese.

General example (instead of this blanket example, make bullets for specific fanfics where this happens), nattery, and the last point isn\\\'t even connected to this trope.

* [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia]] has this in a lot of fanfiction. Most common examples are Japan, Russia, France, and Germany.

General example, as well as ZCE. Name the fics where this happens.

* Replacing the \\\"God\\\" in sentences such as \\\"Oh my God\\\" with \\\"Kami\\\" is quite popular, and quite wrong: a lot of spirits that are nowhere near capital-G-God-tier, or even the lower tiers of Olympus, are called \\\'\\\'kami\\\'\\\'.

General example.

* Another meta example: Poirot Speak can apply to invented languages as well. Fanfiction of Tolkien\\\'s Middle Earth works is often liberally sprinkled with \\\"mae govannen\\\"s and \\\"mellon nin\\\"s uttered by Elvish or Elvish-speaking characters in otherwise English conversations - largely going against the grain of Tolkien\\\'s own very deliberate language usage, especially if the whole conversation is conducted in Elvish in-universe.

General example, complain-y.
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* A meta example: This trope is endemic among anime fanfic writers who have picked up a handful of basic Japanese words. Some writers will never deign to use English words like \
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* A meta example: This trope is endemic among anime fanfic writers who have picked up a handful of basic Japanese words. Some writers will never deign to use English words like \\\"Yes,\\\" \\\"Thank you,\\\" or \\\"Good morning,\\\" because [[FanDumb you aren\\\'t an anime fan unless you know basic Japanese]]. This is particularly jarring when you \\\'\\\'do\\\'\\\' know basic Japanese, the author doesn\\\'t, and they [[BlindIdiotTranslation try to use Japanese that they haven\\\'t learned yet]].

General (\\\"meta\\\") example, and incredibly complain-y (I don\\\'t like to see languages misused either, but seriously, take it easy).

* \\\'\\\'Naruto\\\'\\\' fanfic writers love to use the word \\\"teme\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'horribly\\\'\\\'\\\' wrong, based on a couple of lines in canon where Naruto says, \\\"Sasuke, temee...\\\" \\\"Temee\\\" is a hostile equivalent to the pronoun \\\"you\\\" (as in \\\"\\\'\\\'[[CurseCutShort yooooouuuuuu.....]]\\\'\\\'\\\"), though frequently fansubbed as \\\"you bastard.\\\" Fanfic writers assume that it just means \\\"bastard,\\\" and you see the nonsense phrase \\\"the teme\\\" or \\\"that teme\\\" all over fanfic. Also, it\\\'s not a (dis)honorific as in \\\"Sasuke-teme,\\\" but you see \\\'\\\'that\\\'\\\' everywhere too.
** The above goes for \\\'\\\'onore\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'kisama\\\'\\\' in many fandoms.
** Also sometimes there Naruto-dobe
** And they\\\'re convinced that Kit and Vixen are Japanese.

General example (instead of this blanket example, make bullets for specific fanfics where this happens), nattery, and the last point isn\\\'t even connected to this trope.

* [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia]] has this in a lot of fanfiction. Most common examples are Japan, Russia, France, and Germany.

General example, as well as virtually ZCE. Name the fics where this happens.

* Replacing the \\\"God\\\" in sentences such as \\\"Oh my God\\\" with \\\"Kami\\\" is quite popular, and quite wrong: a lot of spirits that are nowhere near capital-G-God-tier, or even the lower tiers of Olympus, are called \\\'\\\'kami\\\'\\\'.

General example.

* Another meta example: Poirot Speak can apply to invented languages as well. Fanfiction of Tolkien\\\'s Middle Earth works is often liberally sprinkled with \\\"mae govannen\\\"s and \\\"mellon nin\\\"s uttered by Elvish or Elvish-speaking characters in otherwise English conversations - largely going against the grain of Tolkien\\\'s own very deliberate language usage, especially if the whole conversation is conducted in Elvish in-universe.

General example, complain-y.
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