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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by El Dobro, Oct 15, 2013.

  1. El Dobro

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    Ok, I rceived a reply to an e-mail I sent to Toyota in Japan from one Masami Urayama. When I respond, is it Mr(s). Masami or Mr(s). Urayama?
     
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    urayama-san.
     
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    Urayama is the surname and Masami is his first name.

    Bino is correct, Urayama san is the respectful way to address him.

    Try not to be demanding in the tone of your letter. In Japanese culture this is considered very rude. It is much more polite to make requests than demands.

    SCH-I535
     
    #3 xliderider, Oct 15, 2013
  4. El Dobro

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    No demanding, I'm thanking him for his response to my e-mail.
     
    #4 El Dobro, Oct 15, 2013
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    So you're his geisha gal
     
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    Masami could be a female. It's like Lynn or Jesse or Jaime etc, so until its clear Urayama-san is the proper adress.
     
    #6 SPEEDEAMON, Oct 16, 2013
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    I played it safe and went with Urayama-san. Thanks guys.
     
    #7 El Dobro, Oct 16, 2013
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    who is bino?:confused: isn't he the fella in cali who does all the great mods?
     
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    Oops, yeah you're right. Too much vino on the brain lol. :p :D

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    great excuse anyway, i've used that one many times.:p
     
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    I have international coworkers. The Asian ones confuse me the most. Some take "Western" names to make communication easier. But their official work emails still have their natural names. Even here in the States, the email can be either [first].[last]@company.com or [last].[first]@company.com.

    So you can imagine my confusion when I receive an email from a new Asian coworker. I don't know if their email is first.last or last.first or if they intentionally switched last and first to make it easier to read or what. I have even asked my Asian coworkers for their thoughts on someone else's email and many times they are like, "dude, I don't know either."
     
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    i recommend being demanding rather than just requesting. therez no reason to kowtow to asian culture. you are better off being manly rather than feminine. of course being overly demanding then becomes feminine also.
    oh sorry, i see you are thanking him for his email,,, just call him/her masami then,,, thatz much more personal and engaging by skipping the mr/mrs.
    to: masami urayama
    dear masami, thank you for your response. yours truly, bob
    capisce?

    ps even our President is still called Barry

    oops this thread is from 2013 hahaha oh well the mails are slow in Hilo Hawaii
     
    #12 robertmaria, Nov 12, 2014
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