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    4 days ago

    It’s also noteworthy that japanese people typically refer to themselves by their name,

    Talking in third person in Japanese is no less unusual than doing so in English

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        4 days 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.