ooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about the Utsuro-bune legend, a young woman aboard the "hollow boat brought inland, but unable to communicate in Japaneseen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down13
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Utsuro-bune legend, a young woman aboard the "hollow boat brought inland, but unable to communicate in Japaneseen.wikipedia.orgooli@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaretoast@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoI’ve never heard that the Ainu were associated with red hair or pink complexion in any way. My guess would be that the woman and the boat went adrift off the cliffs of Moher and unusually strong currents just took them to Japan.
minus-squareAWistfulNihilist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 days agoThen they yeeted her Irish ass back into the surf. I mean shit, even I have occasional trouble understating Irish people, and we speak the same language!
I’ve never heard that the Ainu were associated with red hair or pink complexion in any way. My guess would be that the woman and the boat went adrift off the cliffs of Moher and unusually strong currents just took them to Japan.
Then they yeeted her Irish ass back into the surf.
I mean shit, even I have occasional trouble understating Irish people, and we speak the same language!