In Japanese, the full name for McDonald's is Makudonarudo (マクドナルド), but people use different shortened versions: Makku (マック) in eastern Japan (like Tokyo) and Makudo (マクド) in western Japan (like Osaka), with both being widely understood. McDonald's officially uses "Makudo" in Japan now, acknowledging the regional difference.
Makku vs.
You may have heard this before, but in Kansai, McDonald's is called Makudo. In other parts of Japan, it is referred to as Makku. But if you say the word “Makku” in Japanese, Kansai people will imagine a Mac computer.
🔆 (Britain, slang) McDonald's, or McDonald's food.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald due to a lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese.
It's been around since the '70s and is thought to have first been used by the African American community, but soon spread to almost everyone. Australians call the chain Macca's, the Irish Maccers, and the Brits go for Maccies — though you'll also hear McD's from the Scots.
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You can guarantee that anything with “big” or “whopper” in the title is going to be calorific. A McDonald's Big Tasty burger alone has more than 1.5 times a woman's guideline daily amount of saturated fat. With the large fries and milkshake, the meal totals up to more calories than five Mars bars.
Since the word begins with a 'w', Japanese netizens use 'www' to represent laughter - same as 'lol' in English language. Later they found funny that the shape of letter w resembles a cluster of grass. Therefore, '草'(grass) is used to mean 'lol'.
Kanji: 幕 Kana: まく Romaji: maku. Meaning: curtain; act (in a play)
Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl") is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
Hambāgu is the Japanese transliteration of the word Hamburger. It presumably evolves from Salisbury steak, which originates from the US with western seasoning. The patty is seasoned with the Japanese flavor and coated with a thick sauce to serve with rice, not sandwiched in between the buns.
マクドナルド • (MakuDonarudo) McDonald's (fast food restaurant chain) McDonald, MacDonald (English surname)
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McDonald's research found that 55 per cent of Australians called the company Macca's and they have submitted the word to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration. It's an Australian habit to abbreviate names. So Barry becomes Bazza, Warren becomes Waz and anyone whose surname begins with Mc is likely to become Macca.
McDonald's UK & Ireland Chief Marketing Officer, Ben Fox said: “Stormzy is a McDonald's fan through and through and a true Global icon. This makes him the perfect superstar to bring to life the fact that no matter how famous you are, everyone has a favourite, go to, McDonald's order.
It's been around since the '70s and is thought to have first been used by the African American community, but soon spread to almost everyone. Australians call the chain Macca's, the Irish Maccers, and the Brits go for Maccies — though you'll also hear McD's from the Scots.
The prefixes ''Mc'' and ''Mac'' both mean ''son of'' in Scottish and Irish surnames. For example, the surname McDonald means ''son of Donald,'' while MacGregor means ''son of Gregor. '' In fact, ''Mc'' was originally a shortened version of ''Mac. '' These prefixes are more rarely shortened to ''M.
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Originally, real arches were part of the restaurant design. They were incorporated into the chain's logo in 1962, which resembled a stylized restaurant, and in the current Golden Arches logo, introduced in 1968, resembling an "M" for "McDonald's".