What does it mean to write wasei-eigo and gairaigo in Romaji?


Wasei-eigo and most Gairaigo (especially in a text or sentence as opposed to
being by itself) is usually written in Katakana (イメージ, ジュース, スマート,パンツ,アベック).
However, there are times that have seen some in their original Romaji form
(image, juice, smart, pants, avec) even in a Japanese sentence, ex.
彼女のpantsです; juiceが好き; ジョーンはsmartですよ; 数々のavecを見た; etc.

Is this common or incorrect? What does it mean if you do this as opposed to
using Katakana?




I haven't seen a lot of those cases in daily life. I feel like people use
English in sentences when they want to add some "fanciness" (for some reason
people seem to think it's cool to use English). Like you said in the comments,
the only places I can think of where English words are used in Japanese
sentences are titles in magazines and TV ads.

Although it's definitely not formal, I wouldn't say it's incorrect. It doesn't
have any special meaning to it as far as I know, other than that intention of
making the sentence a bit more "fancier."




I haven't seen a lot of those cases in daily life. I feel like people use
English in sentences when they want to add some "fanciness" (for some reason
people seem to think it's cool to use English). Like you said in the comments,
the only places I can think of where English words are used in Japanese
sentences are titles in magazines and TV ads.

Although it's definitely not formal, I wouldn't say it's incorrect. It doesn't
have any special meaning to it as far as I know, other than that intention of
making the sentence a bit more "fancier."

