Chan is usually used as "cute" someone uses it in a sentence. If it is
attached to someones name it becomes a pet name, of sorts. This is usually
reserved for females, but if two people know each other really well,
several years at least, then they'll abbreviate the others name and attch
"chan" to the end.

Thomas Hamill
thamill@psd.k12.co.us
"If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?"
	-unknown

On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Douglas DeGidio wrote:

I was just wondering what the real connotations on the suffixs -chan 
and -kun are?  I know that theydon't denote boy or girl but I can't 
figure out what they do denote.

Thanx!

Sariah DeGidio
Ryouga-chan
Kasumi School of Philosophy
Seeking enlightenment through wandering
 (where you must be lost to find your way)