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In episode 4 of _High School Fleet_ , the girls are running out of toilet
paper and decide to go buy some but they don't have enough money so they ask
the crew member to donate some of their money. Some girls don't have money,
one of them wants to use a check and one other even wants to donate a
Zimbabwean currency. But when Mina (she's German) says she only has Euros, all
the other girls start laughing. (around 5:30 mark)

Why does everyone laugh at Mina?


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Why does everyone laugh at Mina when she talks during the "buying toilet paper" scene?


It's not "Euro" that the girls were surprised about, but how Mina referred to
herself.

Here's the script in Japanese:

> **わし** はユーロしかない。  
>  「 **わし** 」？  
>  なんか **わし** の顔についてるか？  
>  「 **わぁ～し** 」？あははは！  
>  （皆笑っている）

Here's the literal translation:

> **I** only have Euros.  
>  " **I** "?  
>  Is there something on **my** face?  
>  " **My** "..? Hahaha!  
>  (Everyone is laughing)

Here, Mina used [わし ( _washi_
)](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%84%82#Japanese), which is the first-
person pronoun used commonly for elderly, especially from Edo period.

> **Usage notes**
>
> The term is generally only used by the elderly, and its use is often
> considered stereotypical of them. As such, it is frequently used in TV shows
> and comics to emphasize the age of characters.
>
> More commonly spelled 私, or in kana to make the reading explicit.

In anime/manga culture, if spoken by young girls, she can be considered as
ロリババア ( _loli baba_ , old loli): girls who look young but act old. (But since
this is a one-off joke from her, Mina is not)


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