On Fri, 9 Aug 1996, Caroline Seawright wrote:

Orig> Not 'bakas' ... 'baka-tachi' would be for two people, wouldn't it?

Always thought -tachi meant reference to a 'group'.  As in:

Watashi-tachi = us (as a group)
Anata-tachi   = you (as a group)

Orig> Try 'bakara' or just 'baka'... Plurals are hardly ever used in Japan.
Orig> The only one I can think of is 'yatsura' from 'yatsu'
Orig> Kun-chan...

Wing. 
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