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Originally Posted by YuriTokoro
If you say “「いいえ」と言った者”, you sound like a dictator.
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Exactly my sentiment. Any 4th-grader would feel that way if a stranger addressed him/her as 者.
OP is the first person that has addressed me as 者 in my rather long life as a Japanese-speaker and luckily, I already know this will be my last time. That is unless I stumble across another survey by a Ritsumeikan student. j/k
Don't even use 人 with a stranger; Go straight to using 方.
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Originally Posted by jvgrek
We learned 者 as being a respectful term when we leanred the kanji for it though...so now I am confused ><
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Wow, I'm speechless. Even a regular guy walking down the street like myself knows better! And I teach for free here on JF and elsewhere.