@hj @matrix That's how it's usually called in japanese, yeah (some historical linguistic mess probably)

for eigo the "go" part means "language"

@eal @matrix ok, i guess it's just archaic teachings. I know about "go" i'm just confused that it meants to say "ingrish" or something

@hj @matrix yup, comes from portuguese nanban traders

@hj @matrix eigo is the language. The Japanese just name UK/British stuff "English" quite like we'd say "anglo".

@hj @matrix Also Wiktionary says igirisu comes from Inglês (Portuguese), explains why it's quite awkward.