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I think GP was talking about honorific/humble o not the object marker o, and chose a poor metaphor. Because honorific/humble o is often a signal for feminine l
by rendaw 5y ago
I think GP was talking about honorific/humble o not the object marker o, and chose a poor metaphor. Because honorific/humble o is often a signal for feminine language... there was a trending tiktok video about prefixing "toilet" with "o" for example.
- earthboundkid 5y agoIf I meant the direct object postposition, I would write “-wo” not “o-”. The problem with o- is that both men and women use it, but women use it slightly more, and getting that right is hard for a non-native.