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Language misunderstanding causes anger from Japanese TikTok users over “beached whale shark”
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Scott Wilson
Jul 28, 2019 - Tweet
- Japan
- (anger • language • language fail • misunderstanding • sand sculpture • TikTok • twitter • whale sharks)
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