• gandalf_der_12te
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    3 months ago

    uhm do you have a source of that because i’ve seen various evidence to the contrary.

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      3 months ago

      I speak Japanese. You clearly do not. Edit: “no less unusual” is admittedly a slight overstatement. It is slightly more permissible to speak in third person in Japanese. Nevertheless it is false to say people GENERALLY talk in third person.