From: usenet-2008@planetcobalt.net   
      
   Miles Bader  wrote:   
   > Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers  writes:   
   >> Read vol. 2 of the US edition, and now I have to decide whether to wait   
   >> half eternity for the next volume, but have honorifics preserved, or get   
   >> timely updates without honorifics. Man, this sucks. Why are there still   
   >> translations that don't preserve honorifics in this day and age? >_<##   
   >   
   > What do you mean "honorifics"?   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics   
      
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