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02-28-2010, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pacerier View Post
ic thanks for the info, anyway does using 私 instead of ぼく signifies any hidden meaning? or is it just "sounds weird"
If only a couple of guys used a first-person pronoun that the rest of their school doesn't use, I would say they would sound weird in any country, wouldn't you? This obviously couldn't happen in too many langauges, though.

As to the meaning, I would say that they just want to sound like adult men a little too soon.

You can use 私 if you want to. Just don't say I didn't tell you when you go to Japan and gets laughed at for using it.
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