http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_%28Japanese_honorific%29#San
By the way, the last paragraph of the linked explanation offers the
following: "Online, Japanese gamers often append a numeral 3 to another
player's name to denote san (e.g. Taro3 conveys Taro-san), since the number
three, written 三 (さん, san) in Japanese, is pronounced "san"." Which
reminds me of a neat piece of numerological branding. As I understand it,
"san" is three, "ni" is two, and "go" is five. Guess which automotive
manufacturer has the phone number [+81-4] 5-523-5523?
Wishing you hadn't asked, John?
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 October 2011 01:13
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Sayonara Kikukawa-san
According to Wikipedia
" A "mama-san", or "mamasan" is usually a woman in a position of authority,
especially one in charge of a geisha house or bar in Japan and East Asia "
Is the "san" in the message's subject line to imply that Mr Kikukawa is in a
position of authority and was running Olympus's geisha house or drinking
establishment at the company's corporate digs ?
Just curious :-))
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Sayonara Kikukawa-san
> While at Olympus Corp. in Woodbury, "Tom" Kikukawa was usually
> present in the South Wing of the building.
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> On 10/26/2011 1:01 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>> Olympus Chairman has followed the CEO
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>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15458505
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>> Piers
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