Message-ID: <3317B223.1DBB@ricochet.net> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:35:47 -0800 From: hikari Reply-To: megami@usagi.jrd.dec-j.co.jp To: megami@usagi.jrd.dec.com Subject: Re: There is no possessive in AMS Henry J. Cobb wrote: > > >From: hikari > >Actually, it would be "Keiichi-san"... > > When she's being emotional, it isn't. > > If she's relaxed, then the -san comes out. > > At least that's what I hear from the tapes. > > Henry J. Cobb hcobb@slip.net http://www.io.com/~hcobb Hmm, not necessarily. I took my observation mostly from the manga (even though I do watch the OVA on a more-than-constant basis). I think it has more to do with Belldandy's normal speaking pattern (for the sake of Goddess' modesty, she always speaks in an "appropriate" manner, and the speaking manner thing is pretty significant in Japanese, for some reasons).