On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:15:15 -0600 David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net> wrote:

Fabian wrote:

"Sama" isn't for equals.  It's for superiors.  "Dono" is the

respectful,

but not subservient form of address, used by Washu for Tenchi and
Cologne for Ranma.

I think sama is correct in this context, certainly more so than dono.
This is because dono is almost purely a literaray word in modern
Japanese, so to use it in speech would be considered archaic.

I know.  It wouldn't surprise me at all that Ayeka's speech was archaic 
in some respects.

Washu does use 'Tenchi-donno' a few times, but then she's
older than all of them put together.  Never heard Aeka use
 '-donno' though.  I think '-san' would be better for her, which
is how she refers to Washu (I know you're talking about her
reffering to Ranma, but I think it would be about the same
level of respect).

Ammadeau

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