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Old 2007-12-28, 12:57   Link #980
SeijiSensei
AS Oji-kun
 
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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Originally Posted by Kira_Naruto View Post
-chan usually for very young boys and girls .. Boys reaching teenage years usually get the -kun prefix.
Girls, however, seem to remain -chan's for a rather longer time, at least that's what my anime watching tells me. Looks like sexist paternalism to me. At some point girls become -san's, though, don't they? Around when does that happen?

(Yes, I know that older girls might be called -chan as a term of endearment; I'm talking about less intimate relationships.)
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