Re: When addressing/referring to Japanese people....

"Blowhole911" <blowhole911@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For example, I was reading an article about a gaming festival Capcom
had on gamespot.com. They referred to the Japanese representative
there as "Oguro-san". That's kind of like reading a Japanese language
newspaper and referring to every foreigner as "ミスター", which
doesn't happen.

Learn how to quote properly and I'll be glad to tell you why using "XXX-san" in English is actually unavoidable in certain situations, as unsatisfactory as it might seem.


--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan

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