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07-19-2010, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by manganimefan227 View Post
Glad you pointed that out, I would have just stuck to すみません if I needed to get attention XD Thank you for pointing this out!
To my ear, すみません sounds more polite than あの. I like to think of あの as being the English equivalent of "Um."

As in, "Um, can you help me?"
あの〜、手伝ってくれないの?

I don't think you'd hear
あの、手伝っていただけないでしょうか。

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