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Re: [OM] Sayonara Kikukawa-san

Subject: Re: [OM] Sayonara Kikukawa-san
From: "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:10:20 -0700
>
> According to Wikipedia
>
> " A "mama-san", or "mamasan" is usually a woman in a position of
authority,
> especially one in charge of a geisha house or bar in Japan and East Asia "
> Is the "san" in the message's subject line to imply that Mr Kikukawa is in
a
> position of authority and was running Olympus's geisha house or drinking
> establishment at the company's corporate digs ?
>
> Just curious :-))
>

    No.  The supplementary "san" in this usage is a sign of respect, similar
but not exactly like using "esquire" in English or "don" in Spanish.

Chris

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