At 04:56 PM 11/10/99 +0000, you wrote:
Ryu would never call himself Ryu-kun, or
Ruy-san, and especially not Ryu- samma. It
would be considered extreamly rude and arrogant
to use titles when refering to yourself. Ryu
Of course not. Ryunosuke/Ryutaro refers to himself by name.
would introduce himself as Ryu Taro; people
would refer to him as Taro-san [if they knew
him casually;note the use of his family name;
friends would use this in a work school
environment as well. This is what Mihoshi and
Kiyone would call him.
Actually, Mihoshi and Kiyone simply call him 'Android MB 1124'.
Ryu-kun is what his friends and family would
likely use considering his age. [His mofher
would probably use Ryunosuke-chan, since she
still sees him as a young boy.
She does. As for his pop, he uses 'Ryu-san' to act buddy-buddy with his son
(note the OAV series).
Underclassmen [in school would use
Ryunosuke-sempai, and people who are socially
inerior [Ryu talking to his father] would use
the title -samma.
I prefer to use 'Dad', myself. It's simpler.
It should be noted that Kun is masculine and
would not be used by a very feminine character
to reffer to another girl. It is by no means
exclusively male. [Tomboys, boys referring to
female friends.
Yup.
-Chan is also used as a term of endearment
towards a member of the opposite sex, a
sibling, or a pet.
In relationships [i.e.dating] the male would
use -chan and the female would use -kun
[common] or-chan [uncommon].
hope this helps a few people out.
ja! Carrot glace.
As mentioned previously, the Ryu-san/Ryu-kun distinction is a rather feeble
attempt to hide Ryunosuke's identity. (It seems to work on everyone,
though, except...) Um... If I recall correctly, the honorific '-sama' is
not used at all in the fanfic.
My depiction of Kyusaku calling his son 'Ryu-san' has its roots in the OAV
itself - I know it's a bit out of place in normal usage, but it's a little
quirk Prof. Natsume is known to have.
Thanks for writing in!
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