[Pkg-fonts-devel] OT: polite way to say japanese name
Hi,
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12:55 +0100
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> Still, I had the intent to be able to use The Right Way in any case,
> with Japanese people.
In many case, "family name"-san is used for Japanese people in the
polite way. For example, my family name is Yamane so I would called
Yamane-san. And some people write their family name with capital
letters, ttf-kochi maintainer gotom is GOTO masanori, so he would
called GOTO-san.
If you were a salesperson and call the customer, use "-sama (様)"
not "-san (さん)".
And some people who has a great skill or knowledge (kind of guru/master)
(...or who they are simply teachers :) are called -sensei (先生).
For example, some people call Kenshi Muto as Muto-sensei :)
--
Regards,
Hideki Yamane henrich @ debian.or.jp/iijmio-mail.jp
http://wiki.debian.org/HidekiYamane
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