- Jun 18, 2015
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Naoko would insist to the very end that she was not a teacher's pet, but that didn't stop her from doing a lot of things that only a teacher's pet would do. That meant seeing teachers ahead of time to introduce herself the first time she had them. That meant making sure she had her work done not just before the due date, but often the day things were assigned.
That said, Naoko found she had a much easier time being polite in Japanese, and almost none of the teachers spoke any of it. Japanese was simply a lot more accommodating when it came to being polite. There were a seemingly limitless number of polite honorifics she could use, even if she was most likely to stick with sensei, and English simply didn't cut it. Miss Familyname simply didn't have the same feeling to it.
Naoko grumbled under her breath as she rapped at Aithne's door, still grappling with the problem. As far as she knew, it was just Aithne. No family name. There was no family name on the staff directory, and the lack of a family name made everything a thousand times trickier than it really should have been. Was it Miss Aithne? Did that even sound right, considering Aithne was likely more of a given name than a family name?
Why couldn't everyone just have two simple names and make everything easier?
That said, Naoko found she had a much easier time being polite in Japanese, and almost none of the teachers spoke any of it. Japanese was simply a lot more accommodating when it came to being polite. There were a seemingly limitless number of polite honorifics she could use, even if she was most likely to stick with sensei, and English simply didn't cut it. Miss Familyname simply didn't have the same feeling to it.
Naoko grumbled under her breath as she rapped at Aithne's door, still grappling with the problem. As far as she knew, it was just Aithne. No family name. There was no family name on the staff directory, and the lack of a family name made everything a thousand times trickier than it really should have been. Was it Miss Aithne? Did that even sound right, considering Aithne was likely more of a given name than a family name?
Why couldn't everyone just have two simple names and make everything easier?