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  • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Maybe but imo honorifics and phrase endings barely count. There is nothing really stopping a man from e.g saying -wa ending except the cultural norms. Things like -chan can be applied to children of both sexes too.

    A girl saying "boku" or calling a boy -chan are not grammatically wrong like calling a cis man a she in English.

      • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I don't disagree in principle. But if we are talking specificaly about Japanese honorifics they are not just about seniority, it is culturally expected to add -san to any person you talk to, even friends, the only exception is close family. Age is not strictly related here. Dropping suffix is regarded as being extremely intimate.

        Calling people -sama is strictly anime shit you never hear that IRL.