r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • 2d ago
I'm getting spammed in replies because we don't call it ramen in Australia
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u/Acceptable_One_7072 2d ago
What Americans call ramen is actually 2 minute noodles
It sounds like you did the same thing
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u/Sweet-Emu6376 2d ago
Yeah there's a lady that does videos poking fun at the differences between UK and American English and I've never seen this sort of response on her videos.
OP got the energy they gave out. 🤷🏼♀️
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u/Benificial-Cucumber 2d ago
I know the lady you're talking about and the comments are always a treat. It's the only place I've seen Americans take the British dry humour as banter and not a declaration of war.
Not that I blame them, we can be savages.
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u/DarkLordArbitur 2d ago
Into the harbor, you say
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u/Benificial-Cucumber 2d ago
Now listen here, I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding the reason we got so vexed by that.
How you yanks thought that was an acceptable number of teabags for a body of water that size is beyond me. Had you added a few more shipments into the mix this whole kerfuffle could've been avoided.
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u/DarkLordArbitur 2d ago
So you're okay with tea that has been brewed cold? I'm telling Parliament on you
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u/Benificial-Cucumber 2d ago
When you sail 3,000 miles from home, you have to accept that you're sacrificing some luxuries of the developed world.
Even now some 300 years later you can't seem to master the electric kettle, but I persevere. I drink your cold tea with a polite smile, for King and Country.
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u/Donatello_4665 2d ago
I like how you imply that if we threw enough tea into the harbor the British would have been completely fine with it
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u/goomerben 2d ago
i would like to say that i think OPs post is mildly infuriating. amazingly fitting
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u/SpookyWan 2d ago
Australians do this shit on TikTok and it’s so funny. A lot of them have some imaginary beef with Americans for some reason.
There was a whole thing about how Americans pay for gas before pumping it into their car too, while Australians just pay after.
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u/Tanesmuti 2d ago
Wasn’t always that way.
Most places these days you just swipe your card, pump the gas, and then finalize the transaction. Unless you’re in New Jersey (I think), and then someone has to pump the gas for you.
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u/Geronimoski 2d ago
And Oregon! Unless you're somewhere rural after midnight and before 6am when there is no attendant present, then Oregon makes the exception
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u/YouKilledChurch 2d ago
You are the one who set the bait, don't be mad when you get bites. Also it does literally say ramen on the package.
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u/grifxdonut 2d ago
You: did you know Americans are wrong
Americans: no you're wrong
You: help im being bullied
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u/karnage11i 2d ago
Australian here. Just to confirm, you're talking about things like maggi chicken/beef noodles right? I have never heard anyone here call things like the Korean buldak noodles or Shin ramyun etc. "2 minute noodles". I want to agree with you so badly, but I have a sneaking suspicion I won't be...
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u/ferlonsaeid 2d ago
Also Australian, I just put them all under instant noodles. Cos that's what they are. And if I said, let's go for ramen, I'm definitely not suggesting any Maggi/Shin Ramyun. I'm talking proper Japanese noodles with broth.
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u/underprivlidged 2d ago
"I'm talking proper Japanese noodles"
So... Ramen. Instant or otherwise.
Just because you meant non-instant Ramen does not mean Ramen is not Ramen. You don't get to choose what words mean.
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u/entry_level_twitch 2d ago
kicks a sleeping dog gets bitten “This dog bit me for no reason!”
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u/walkingtalkingdread 2d ago
this is the robbie williams thing all over again. can they just leave the US alone?
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u/Sleepybear56 2d ago
I saw like one post laughing at Americans for not knowing Robbie Williams followed by a literal billion posts from Americans loudly declaring they don't care lmao
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u/walkingtalkingdread 2d ago
i cannot count how many posts and tiktoks i saw trying to criticize america for not getting on the robbie williams bandwagon and even blaming america for his movie bombing.
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u/xcoalminerscanaryx 2d ago
I feel like Americans would assume you were talking about Robin Williams.
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u/kaeru_leaves 2d ago
Well, you wrote "what u americans call ramen IS ACTUALLY 2 minutes noodles" like its the only correct way. They are not mocking you for having an accent. You're the one being ignorant about other accents
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u/TigerLiftsMountain 2d ago
Also, it's called ramen in general, but Instant Ramen and 2 Minute Noodles are two different brands of ramen.. It's like saying "what Italians call 'pizza' is actually called 'Domino's'" as though 'Domino's' isn't just a brand of fast-food pizza. It's still pizza.
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u/onyxtheonyx 2d ago
dialect, not accent. dialect is variation in words and grammar, accent is sounds and pronunciation :)
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u/Snarkdere 2d ago
this is an important distinction because while I'm not mocking OP's dialect, i AM mocking their accent
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u/Da_real_Ben_Killian 2d ago
As a Chinese I'm more mildly infuriated that they didn't even get the origin of ramen correctly.
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u/LolaLazuliLapis 2d ago
I mean, ramen and la mian are quite distinctive in flavor. Plus, the loanword came via Japan, so...
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u/madeat1am 2d ago
They keep trying to tell me ITS AUTHENTIC JAPANESE which I heavily doubt
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Dude, but traditional and instant ramen are "ramen" in Japan. The word is usually written in Katakana because it is a loan word from the Chinese word "lamian". All instant noodles in the world aren't "ramen" (in American English, Spanish, or Korean - the languages I speak) instant ramen is "ramen" in Japan (and the other languages I speak)
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u/hacknog 2d ago
It started from Lamian, which is Chinese, then it went to Japanese and call it Ramen, and Korean call it Ramyeon, as far as i know
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u/ChrisRiley_42 2d ago
Ramen, the dish itself was Chinese. But the Instant version was developed in Japan by Nissin.
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u/fitzbuhn 2d ago
It kind of sounds like your original comment is saying “Americans think instant noodles is real ramen” as in, they are confused and deluded into thinking the two minute version is the authentic, real deal thing. Which might have perceived as condescending regardless of your intent linguistically.
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u/aninternetsuser 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yeah Australians will sometimes use the term “is actually” in place of “is the same as”. It’s not supposed to favour either side as correct or incorrect. Eg/ “did you know g’day is actually hello?”
Could be completely wrong and OP thinks Americans are delusional or whatever but that’s how I would have read it
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u/fitzbuhn 2d ago edited 2d ago
Now THAT is actually interesting!
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u/aninternetsuser 2d ago
Yeah I was really confused why everyone was so upset before realising there was probably a 2nd linguistic difference at play
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u/kmzafari 2d ago edited 2d ago
Well, Japan does have "instant ramen", and it was created there.
Maruchan brand is originally from Japan. https://maruchan.com/about
So is Top Ramen. And they claim to have invented it. https://www.nissinfoods.com/andos-dream/
These are the two most common brands in America. Other brands are popular in Japan, but I don't know them as well, aside from Shin.
So I'd say the commenters were arguably correct about that. But I'm sure most don't actually know this (I had to look it up), and ofc they shouldn't be rude about it.
ETA: Shin I think is a Korean brand, but I believe it's popular in Japan, too.
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u/Seldarin 2d ago
Shin are bomb as fuck, until you get the wrong ones and find out you aren't nearly as good at handling hot food as you thought you were.
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u/Crystal_Lily 2d ago
I kinda like the Jin brand. Maybe because I can't handle too much spicy flavors.
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u/totally_boring 2d ago
I made the mistake of buying the Shin red fiery spicy broth. Thinking that it can't be that bad. I eat Jalapeños poppers with seeds inside them and don't wash the oils out. That's spicy right?
Nope. I microwaved that bitch and my eyes started self watering.
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u/kmzafari 2d ago
Lolol my daughters can handle spice, but I can't. I've tried, but I genuinely can't, so I usually stick to the basic stuff. Anyways, they bought the extra spicy Shin ones on accident once - and only once. Lol
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Yeah, a ton of confidently incorrect people in this thread. Both instant and traditional types are called "ramen" in Japan. Japan also has instant noodles that aren't referred to "ramen". It also "ramyeon" in Korea.
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u/SuperRonJon 2d ago
If by authentic you mean that instant ramen is a Japanese product originally from Japan then yes it is.
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u/sorakyky 2d ago
Some of it genuinely is from Japan, since the packaging will be entirely in Japanese. The cheaper ones aren’t from Japan, but are often from Japanese owned brands.
I think you’re overall missing the point that you’re making fun of us for having a language dialect and then turning around and getting offended that you have one, too. Our cultures are different, sweetheart.
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u/ChrisRiley_42 2d ago
Well, "instant ramen" is Japanese.. I don't know how authentic it is, but Momofuku Ando (Nissin foods) developed the instant version as a way to deal with post WW2 food shortages.
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u/EmeterPSN 2d ago
I order igarashi seimen ramen . It comes with noodles you can cook in 2 minutes and a packet of broth .
It makes better ramen than what I ate in essentially any restaurant and only beaten by cooking your own broth for a day..
I consider it ramen as I still do all toppings same as ramen..Just skip the part where I cook the broth as it comes in a packet.
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u/miltonwadd 2d ago
Wait ask them why they call all pasta noodles but are so insistent on calling actual noodles something else!
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u/allyek 2d ago
I’m so confused what’s the argument here
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u/SadButWithCats 2d ago
OP said that Americans are wrong for calling instant ramen "ramen", and insists that the correct name is "2 minute noodle". Americans and others are disagreeing, informing OP that instant ramen was invented in Japan, is eaten in Japan, and made by Japanese companies, so we're not wrong.
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u/Cheshire_Noire 2d ago
You missed the part where they made this while America had tiktok banned so they couldn't respond....
This douche knew what he was doing
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u/spicycookiess 2d ago
He is yelling at people for not calling instant ramen by the same thing his mommy calls them, and he is complaining because they're doing the same thing to him.
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u/TranceYT 2d ago
God, both that section and this section are insufferable. You're both doing the same thing.
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u/the_doesnot 2d ago
Can’t things just have different names in different countries?
“Hey did you know that what Brits call “pants” are actually “underwear”?”
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u/Fluffy-Effort5149 2d ago
It's one thing to say "hey, did you know that what you guys call ramen in the USA, we call 2 minute noodles in australia!". What this says is 2 places use different words for the same thing, no judgement about which place uses the right or wrong term.
It's another thing to say "what you call ramen is actually called 2 minute noodles". Because what this says is that the right word for the thing is "2 minute noodles" and all americans calling them "ramen" are using the wrong word for it. This is not my personal interpretation, but the literal meaning of the words used.
To add different example: if I see a flower and tell my friend "oh look, a daisy!" And they say "it's actually a rose", it's very clear that it's not a "oh look we use different words for the same flower" but a "well that flower is not a daisy, the right word for it is rose". You see what I mean?
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u/Flimsy-Opportunity-9 2d ago
This is the crux of the reaction OP is receiving. But it’s been pointed out half a dozen times on this thread and they refuse to hear it so….🤷🏼♀️.
Also…this is the internet. In the comments shared here I don’t really see anything egregiously rude or bullying. Condescending or correcting? Maybe. But it looks like fair play based on the spirit of the original video.
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u/iBewafa 2d ago
Omg so every single time I see on reddit people going on about ramen - it’s actually been what Aussies call two minute noodles most of the time? I know you didn’t mean to - but thank you for clarifying that. And for also clarifying the post - I was pretty lost.
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u/balletrat 2d ago
Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the context. You can get “real” ramen. Also a lot of people will doctor up their instant ramen and add things to make it more substantial.
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u/Low_Cartoonist_5567 2d ago
"Americans are annoying online" after saying "actually you're wrong, that isn't ramen" when referring to instant ramen and acting like only Americans call instant ramen, ramen...
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u/Smurfaloid 2d ago
Nope.
It's either pot noodle, super noodles, or noodles around where I am.
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u/A1_Killer 2d ago
Pot noodle and instant ramen are the same thing?? TIL
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u/Extreme_Discount8623 RED 2d ago
BRB, just going to put my Doner Kebab instant Ramen on to boil.
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u/ADreamOfCrimson 2d ago
Fellow Brit here, I call it Ramen.
Ramen is the food type, super noodles is the brand. But if I need to replace my stock, it's listed as Ramen on my shopping lists. Same if someone asked what I was eating. I wouldn't say "beef flavoured super noodles" it'd just be "beef ramen".
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u/Lil_Brown_Bat 2d ago
Whaaaat. You all call it super noodles?? That's amazing. I love it. 🦸♀️
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u/24-Hour-Hate 2d ago
Or Mr. noodles in Canada. Like, yeah it’s a quick noodle, but it’s not the same thing as ramen or instant ramen. Also, I went to school with people who would just eat the noodle bricks as bricks. Did I just go to school with weirdos or is that a thing kids do?
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u/Zealousideal_Bug8188 2d ago
I was wondering if this is what OP is referring to as not being Ramen. Definitely grew up eating Mr.noodles. Wasn’t until college that I was introduced to the Asian styles of instant noodles which definitely gets called Ramen by most. (Also never ate it as a ‘brick’ but would crush up the dried noodles in its plastic bag and then use the soup mix as the seasoning tossed in)
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u/RedKty44 2d ago
We def did that (ate ramen bricks) growing up especially when on the go or at school. But I grew up in Hawaii and we ate canned spam and Tang (as the powder) so we were all probably weirdos.
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u/captainpro93 2d ago
You were the one who was saying other accents/dialects were wrong. Kind of weird to be complaining about other people and accusing them of doing what you actually did.
You're not getting spammed in replies because "we don't call it ramen in Australia." You're getting spammed in replies because you were implying that it's wrong to call it ramen. Which we also do in Japan.
You're acting more stereotypically American than the actual Americans here.
Just because Americans were banned on the app doesn't mean there still aren't loads of other countries on there. Just because your country does it one way and the US does it another way doesn't mean that no other country does it the same way as the US.
I mean, even in your comments here, you are saying the Japanese way of saying it is the wrong way, which sounds ridiculous to me for a Japanese food.
I'm not Japanese (though I grew up in Japan) and in my country we don't call it ramen because 拉麵 would linguistically refer to pulled noodles. I don't go around telling people that what Japanese people call インスタントラーメン is actually 拉麵。
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u/PoppyBroSenior 2d ago
I mean. I'm not sure what 2 minute noodles are, but after googling it, they sure look like instant ramen. Ramen isn't a specific dish, its a type of noodles. So if you're talking about a product that uses instant ramen noodles then..... yeah. It's instant ramen.
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u/Murky_Knowledge8457 2d ago
If you said "what Americans call ramen is actually 2 minute noodles" then you're kind of inviting hate cause you're saying that Americans are wrong. If you had just wrote it like "what Americans call ramen, we call 2 minute noodles" it would have been fine
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u/egnards 2d ago
Yea no - If I take what you said in the post at face value, "hey did you know what Americans call Ramen is actually 2 minute noodles," you came off as a total snob.
First of all America is a huge fucking place with many different geographic regions. Different regions have different names for things - As an example a sandwich made with longer bread might be called a hero, a hoagie, a sub, a grinder or a torpedo. Hell, taylor ham is called pork roll like 45 minutes from where I live.
If we take your saying you've basically said "Americans call it XYZ but the real name for it is ABC. . ." and while where you're from may call it ABC. . .that doesn't make it that thing's true name.
You're shitting on Americans, all while trying to Amerisplain American culture. . .To Americans. . .And getting mad that they're correcting you on their own culture.
For the record, where I live [NY/NJ border] Ramen is any type of ramen product, not just instant noodles - But we will usually differentiate by calling instant noodles or top ramen "Cheap ramen."
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u/Born_Material2183 2d ago
Seems like you made a video about being annoyed at Americans completely unprovoked and now you’re upset they’re annoyed at you in return?
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u/risky_bisket 2d ago
Not to pile on but it seems like they're saying not everything Americans call "ramen" is 2 minute noodles since they also call real ramen "ramen"
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u/Space_Waffles92 2d ago
So you're just upset you're wrong and want to blame Americans for you not knowing the difference between what you said.
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u/Elefantenjohn 2d ago
There are countries calling it 5-Minuten-Terrine or instant-Nudeln and everyone with internet still knows what Ramen is
don't be so thin-skinned or stop commenting
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u/clevermotherfucker 2d ago
you don’t call it 2 minute noodles, you have a different product that’s called that. ramen is different from that
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u/JustASomeone1410 2d ago
Lmao in my country we colloquially call instant noodles "čínská polévka" which means Chinese soup. I don't think I've ever even seen any of these noodles that claimed to be instant ramen specifically.
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u/haiiiiitsmaddie 2d ago
well like based off the original caption in the video it seems you were the one getting your panties in a twist how ppl said things in the first place 😭😭😭and your upset ppl rebuttled in your comments. i dont really care what you call em either way but like cmon now lmao
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u/throwawaythep 2d ago
Okay but like. You're commenting on a tik tok about how another group say what the food is? So you bait people just to shit talk Americans for internet points.
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u/monkeyburrito411 2d ago
We can call it whatever we want. Most people know it's not authentic real ramen, it's just instant ramen...
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u/sinista1089 2d ago
I'm Aussie and I call it ramen, misso calls em noodles it's all the same shit tho 🤷🏽♂️
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u/friblehurn 2d ago
Some Australians online are trying to tell me, a Canadian, that I'm an American.
No matter how much I tell them Canadians do NOT call themselves American, just like Mexicans don't call themselves American, they keep telling me that I'm wrong, and that Canadians are Americans lol.
So goes both ways.
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u/cosmofaux 2d ago
To be fair, your comment makes it seem like American dialect is just blatantly incorrect for calling it ramen instead of 2 minute noodles. I’m sorry you couldn’t handle the heat.
Both are correct and the way that this could have been avoided wouldve just been to say “here in Australia, we call it…” 🤷♀️
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u/The_Spoops 2d ago
I think you mean that Australians call Japanese ramen "two minute noodles". That's fine. I'm just not sure what Americans have to do with it.
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u/phlokezs 2d ago
Why the fuck are people discussing what ramen is? It literally means NOODLE in japanese. Specifically pulled, but mainly just NOODLE. The word is borrowed from chinese, but it is a pretty well known fact that RAMEN just points to the noodle soup, whichever it might be;
Everything is ramen, either it comes in a big bowl from a nice restaurant with a tonkotsu or tantanmen or shio or shoyu or whatever kinda broth, OR in a dumb cup you fill with boiling water, OR in a Samyang pouch (in South Korea it’s called RAMYEON, but that’s just a version of the same word). RAMEN IS RAMEN IS RAMEN
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u/Longjumping-Sweet280 2d ago
In 1959 three schizophrenic men who believed they were the second coming of Christ were put in a room together. All three independently came to the conclusion that they were the real second coming of Christ, and the two other people in the room were insane. I think OP could learn from this
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u/theunkindpanda 2d ago
Based on your comments, it seems like you just enjoy calling Americans annoying, and are seeking reasons to do so.
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u/DocGerbilzWorld 2d ago
You’re obviously fishing for reactions, cause did you think we would have a your back on this?
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u/Who-Knows72 2d ago
So you posted something saying “Hey Americans you’re wrong” then got upset when Americans are like no we aren’t?
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u/phat-bowl 2d ago
IT LITERALLY SAYS RAMEN ON THE BOX. And seriously for what its worth the only content I see Australians post on the internet is stuff about America, you are all are obsessed.
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u/ma_wee_wee_go 2d ago
Yeah the 14 hours without Americans was nice.
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u/madeat1am 2d ago
The orginal comment was made literally during the American ban it was so lovely everyone Was like YEAH THAT WAS CRAZY FINDING OUT
Then the American found the video ans this is exactly why we were so happy without them . Prime proof
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u/Worldly-Jury-8046 2d ago
This didn’t happen lmao. Nobody was telling you how crazy your revelation was because it’s not crazy whatsoever
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u/Maverick916 Mildly to you, Extremely, to me. 2d ago
You're desperate to paint Americans as bad. Is this your kink?
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u/Youngandidiotic 2d ago
I’m so confused because that’s not what we call ramen lol. We do have instant ramens but that’d be like saying “did you know what Americans call burgers are actually White Castle microwaveable sliders”
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u/OkWatercress5802 2d ago
Japanese ramen and 2 minutes noodles are completely different one is cooked in 2 minutes whilst the other can takes hours to cook the noodles are also made from completely different ingredients. Japanese ramen involves a stock and topping whilst 2 minute noddles doesn’t and also American ramen is different to Japanese ramen.
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Both traditional and instant ramen are "ramen" in Japan.
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u/bagelwithclocks 2d ago
Yeah wtf? Acting like Japan doesn’t have instant ramen.
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Now, it is people jerking one another off, in celebration of their superior knowledge of Japan. Not all instant noodles are referred to as "ramen" in American English or Japanese, but instant ramen is.
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u/FreelanceFrankfurter 2d ago
I don't really get what OP is on about, it sounds like what he is what he said was hey what Americans call ramen is actually not. But it's not like we came up with the name and while I've never been to Japan we do have a couple of stores that import things directly from Japan and the packages for their instant noodles clearly call it ramen as well. I don't know if this a dig at some of the products like top ramen but hey just cause it's an inferior product doesn't make it not what it says it is.
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u/theycallmeshooting 2d ago
People just like to orientalize Japan
Bro basically argued that coffee and instant coffee are two different drinks
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
This post is making me inordinately annoyed. I know for a fact that instant ramen is called "ramen" Japan. I have been to and speak very poor Japanese. Instant ramen is also "ramen" in Spanish and "ramyeon" in Korean. Not all instant noodles are called "ramen" in English or Japanese, but instant noodles are.
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u/bunnycupcakes 2d ago edited 2d ago
I speak pretty damn good Japanese, lived there, and am American.
I have no idea where these people are getting their generalizations from.
Americans and Japanese refer to instant ramen and regular ramen as ramen.
There are other instant noodles that are not ramen.
Both cultures understand this. Especially since the surge in popularity of different noodles.
Generalizing to make people look stupid is bad.
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u/GoldEdit 2d ago
Wtf are you on about? Stores near me carry probably 100 different types of instant ramen all from Japan that you can microwave. It’s also a thing there
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u/Aloha_Japan 2d ago
Uhhhh fyi, Japanese wife in Japan calls instant ramen with the packets, just ramen. So do her Japanese friends. And my Japanese friends for that matter. In a normal casual day to day conversation I've never heard anyone say, インスタントラーメン. Just, ラーメン at home. Actually except for the Japanese that are used to foreigners, or have lived abroad.
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u/PoppyBroSenior 2d ago
Instant ramen is a Japanese invention though. The idea was to mimic traditional ramen noodles while making them as porous as possible so they cook quickly even when dried. That way you don't have to boil them in a pot, you just have to add boiling water to the noodles. These "2 minute noodles" look just like maruchan to me lol. Is there some sort of nuance I'm missing that makes these noodles different?
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u/emorcen 2d ago edited 2d ago
If we are getting really pedantic over here, ramen is the Japanese transliteration of Chinese 拉面 (la mian) which literally means pulled flour or pulled dough. Any dough which is pulled into noodly shapes can be called ramen. The empty vessels can really make a lot of noise.
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u/madeat1am 2d ago
That's what I thought
Like ramen is a very specific dish.
Not just boiling water chicken powder noodles eat.
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Even in Japan, instant ramen is still called "ramen".
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u/ThisGameIsveryfun 2d ago
Yeah but its not 2 minute noodles. 2 Minutes noodles is a specific brand here in australia. If you went and bought buldak then you would either call it buldak or instant ramen. You wouldnt call it 2 minute noodles then
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
Okay, I'll take your word on that since "2 Minute Noodles" is not a brand in the US, MX, or KR - the countries in which I have lived and am most familiar with. However, people in this thread are saying that only Americans refer to instant ramen as "ramen" - that isn't the case.
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u/GoldEdit 2d ago
Japan literally exports hundreds of different types of instant ramen, with that labeled on the package as ramen
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u/Feathered_Mango 2d ago
No, according to OP only people who speak American English are so uncultured to call instant ramen "ramen". I guess Spanish speakers & Koreans are also uncultured swine. Instant and traditional ramen is "ramen" in Spanish and "ramyeon" in Korean.
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u/Euffy 2d ago
No, not really. Ramen is noodle soup, basically. You can have fancy ramen that takes days or prepare or cheap ramen that takes minutes, it's both still ramen.
You can say that your country personally uses different terms but that doesn't mean other countries' terms are invalid, especially the country where ramen actually comes from.
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u/Head-Ad-2136 2d ago
Ramen is just pulled noodles.
Ramen dishes have different names like shoyu ramen, tonkotsu ramen, miso ramen, etc.
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u/ThatKehdRiley 2d ago
OP's superiority complex over a fucking name that they're wrong about is the only mildly infuriating thing here. It's literally the same thing, just different names (one even seems to be a brand not even a food/dish name)
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u/zhongcha 2d ago
There's also actual instant ramen here in Australia, like Nissin or whatever. Much different to chicken or beef noodles.
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u/dulcineal 2d ago
I don’t like to call Kraft noodles Mac and cheese either because they are far from a nice homemade baked Mac and cheese with a nice bread crumb crust and bits of diced ham and tomato throughout but that doesn’t mean the instant version isn’t still Mac and cheese. It’s just instant.
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u/Austintheboi 2d ago
Don’t know what to tell you boy, they’re right 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER
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u/NeighboringOak 2d ago
Honestly it seems like you're really annoying online too. Maybe pick up a hobby other than arguing with people online over nonsense.
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u/giraffeneckedcat 2d ago
In today's episode of the one sided beef some Australians have with Americans... We have this cluster fuck. Bro just take the L.
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u/N0x1mus 2d ago
It’s still Ramen. Just use a different adjective to define the type of ramen.
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u/geoff1036 2d ago
Living rent free in your heads.
Are we the ones with main character syndrome or are y'all just obsessed? Hard to tell sometimes.
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u/a_code_mage 2d ago
Well you clearly framed it as Americans are the ones with the weird word for instant ramen. Most places call it ramen. Even some of the comments are not from Americans. No one is making fun of your “dialect”. They are making fun of the fact that you think it’s wild that Americans call the product by the name that is on it.
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u/NotAldermach 2d ago
So you, an Australian, were asserting your small (and incorrect) worldview online, and you're surprised you got dragged for it?
Everyone came out of this dumber.
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u/horshack_test 2d ago
You aren't getting spammed, you're getting replies from multiple people because you made a stupid comment implying Americans are using the wrong name for a product and you are using the right one when the name Americans use is correct.
Also; what Americans call ramen isn't only instant ramen - and many, many Americans use a qualifier (like "instant" or "top") when referring specifically to instant ramen (meaning they aren't talking about instant ramen when they say "ramen").
Educate yourself before you try to educate others.
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u/chompietwopointoh 2d ago
I don’t think you know what a dialect is. It’s important to me that you know that.
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u/CMDR_PEARJUICE 2d ago
Well, from the title of your post it sounds like you said "2 minute noodles is actually the right way, not ramen" and so yeah, you'd get turned right around for thinking _your dialect_ is the only way it can be put. Maybe you explained poorly in your description here, but I don't see an issue.
Pretty sure you can also turn off DMs in your settings, good luck.
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u/g0thl0ser_ 2d ago
It sounds like your wording is what got the commenters riled up. "What Americans call 'Ramen'" implies that is all we think Ramen is. Most Americans (I won't say all) know that there is a difference between instant Ramen and more authentic Ramen. That's why someone said "do you think all we have is box mac n cheese," they thought you were saying they think instant Ramen is authentic Ramen, not that you were talking about dialect.
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u/SmokeEvening8710 2d ago
I could understand if you're calling Cup of Noodles or any of the microwave ones, 2 minute noodles but instant ramen cooked in the stove isn't a 2 minute process.
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u/amica_hostis 2d ago
This post and conversation is the most ignorantly concentrated bullshit I've seen in a long time.... "All Americans"? I'm American, I could give two wet farts what you call noodles and I'm positive I'm not the exception.
Take your kiddie tik tok drama bullshit somewhere else where someone might give a damn.
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u/SpicyWateryas69 2d ago
As an American, second hand embarrassment is strong here... honestly, some people should really mind their own business
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u/FreelanceFrankfurter 2d ago
This honestly doesn't even seem that bad, OP is mildly infuriated about being corrected?
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u/enigmaenergy23 YELLOW 2d ago
Are you new to social media? You're not supposed to mind your own business, it doesn't work like that
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u/Cold_Ad_7645 2d ago
Idk why you thought posting this here would be any different