sorry to all I might have embarrassed with my reply concerning
"baka-chan" ... I see I was mislead by my insufficient understanding of
Japanese (and a native's translation about his usage of "baka-takai",
though ...) ... and I'd overseen that term being the signature in the
original mail. So it came I was so shocked reading (what I wrongly
translated as) "sh**-girlie" ...
joerg
Thomas W Hare wrote:
> Baka is not the equivalent of sh**. It means something more along the lines of
> "dumbhead" in standard Japanese and doesn't really have much of an edge. -Chan
> is a diminutive or endearing form of -San. Nelson's usage is perfectly
> appropriate in context, and nothing to get excited about.
>
> Tom Hare
>
> Nelson Zink wrote:
>
>>Barbara Kross wrote the email to which I replied and signed it, Baka-Chan.
>>I'm a little hazy on the etiquette of email but thought using the name she
>>used was the proper way to address my email to her. Tell me the proper
>>practice and I'll adopt it.
>>
>>Nelson
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