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		_--__--__ on Jan 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A very Chicago gamble That was a slightly unfortunate choice of example because my groggy Friday-afternoon mind assumed 'Kan-san' was some sort of polite and idiomatic term for 田舎 dwellers and wasted a few minutes trying to figure out what it was short for.

wging on Jan 25, 2025 [–]

if anyone else was similarly confused: a 'Kansan' is someone from the US state of Kansas.

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