Re: -chan [was Re: Is "ma" Proto-World?]
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 23, 2003, 7:57 |
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Garth Wallace wrote:
> Technically, "-chan" is a diminuitive suffix.
I wouldn't call it diminutive. You can't just attach it to a word to
make "little" of that, like, you can't say *honchan for "little book".
> It can indicate affection, but does not necessarily. It can be
> insulting.
I understand the insulting usages to be a condescending use of -chan.
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