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[chocolate_chip]

More Japanese lessons from the "no one in Japan uses 'ore' anymore" person.

That whole post is pretty much wall-to-wall fail, actually.

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[yhibiki.livejournal.com]

This all reminds me of.... well, I have a friend who also lived in Japan, and she frequented some Japan-related message boards. And somebody on them apparently claimed that "there are no nicknames in Japan. They don't even have a word for 'nickname.'"

... ORLY? 'cus あだ名 is kind of the word for nickname. I'm pretty sure my host brother's daughter, whose name was Asa, kept being called Aa-chan. BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOT A NICKNAME.

[chocolate_chip.livejournal.com]

And my ESS students don't call each other Nagi (Nagisa), Sari (Sarina), Shokotan (Shoko), and Banchi (Ryoko). No, never, unless by never you mean every day.

[yhibiki.livejournal.com]

God I wish I were a member of ffr so I could tell this chick off. "ANATA IS A COMMONLY USED WORD." Right, when people are trying to say "you" in normal context EXCEPT NOT.