Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-76.20.152.224-20130826231849/@comment-3118594-20160511040622

Angel Emfrbl wrote: "San" is basically like saying a mature "Miss", "Ma'am" or "Ms" in Japanese... Thatis why Tort said its redundant. Your are basically saying "Miss Luka Miss"

(Edit: Or "miss Luka Ms.", or "Miss Luka ma'am" depending because of the flickle of translating "san", in all cases, the affix is redundant... San is used a little more respectivefully then "chan" which is normally used on younger females or boys or close friends as it is "cuter"... This is kind why there affixes can be difficult to get 100% translated, because of the contest they can be used in is not a single use like "Miss" (mostly unmarried female) nor "Mrs" (usually married female) is suppose to be or "Mr" (male with no higher status).^_^')

Its like calling a Koi a "Koi carp"... Erm... Koi means "carp"... In other words you just called it "carp carp"...

It my sound cute, but its very redundant and I wouldn't use it simply because it gives the impression that you don't know Japanese that well. Its like the fans who misuse "desu" which means "that" or "and" (and a few other things). So when yoou use it you make a sentence thats unfinished like saying in English "The boy went to the beach and". "And" what... What? What comes net after "and"??? Its why thereare Japanese who mock western nime fans. Another example is when people use the wrong affix, like using Chan when they should use "san", or using "chan" for a male that should have "kun" at the end.

Basically... Lets just say Tort's doing you a favor here... Intentional or not... And you should take all of this in. ^_^' I appreciate the concern.....but after all these years it's a hard habit to kill. All I can say in my defense is that it's an affectionate name I've given for her (or pet-name).

Though you do bring up a good point, and it got me to thinking....what if a Japanese person heard me use that name? What if he gets on my case about it? Hopefully such an event won't happen, but it's still something to think about. I don't want to make any mistakes when communicating with a Japanese person; months back I said someone's model was a hottie, and he screencapped it and commented, which translated as "My son is not a hottie". In the end, everything was resolved; he must've thought I said his model was a hot water bottle (which is what is called a hottie), but there were others telling him I may've meant that the model is sexy, which is what I meant. Though everything ended on a light note, I did feel disturbed, as though I may have pissed him off. I felt bad. Japanese are a proud people, you know....or, at least, in all my years of having some affinity with Japan and its historical & cultural elements, I've come to that conclusion.

But enough about me. Again, thanks for the heads-up.