Re: Distal / polite

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:40:35 +0900, "Ben Bullock" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx>
posted the following:

> Another big problem is
>that Krustuv separated "distal" and "polite" and I have very little idea
>what he thinks the difference is.

I imagine polite = sonkeigo and kenjougo, but without checking the
source I'm not sure.

Japanese: The Spoken Language, which uses the term "distal" for
masu/desu, refers to sonkeigo as "honorific polite" and kenjougo as
"humble polite", IIRC.

-Chris
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