Hello!

英会話イーオン有楽町イトシア校です♪

本日はOlie先生がカタカナ英語について紹介☆

英語かと思って使っていたら実は違っていた...

なんていう時もありますよね(^-^;

ぜひ参考にしてみて下さい！

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こんにちは Olie先生です!

Today I learned the Japanese word

コンセント and was very surprised to

learn its meaning.

The English word "consent" means allow

and has nothing to do with power outlets.

It turns out there are quite a few

Katakana words which come from English

but which have very different meanings

from their English counterparts.

For example, サイダー means

the same as "soda" or "pop"

in English、but the English word

"cider" means シードル.

My favorite is the word マンション.

When I came to Japan, I thought

most people live in huge houses with

enormous gardens and swimming pools.

It turns out that the word

マンション means "apartment" in English.