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I recently noticed a Japanese comedian named `お侍ちゃん`. It indeed sounds funny.
Why is it?
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honorifics diminutives
Why does "お侍ちゃん" sound funny?
I am not a native, but I would make two guesses as to why it sounds funny:

1) It could be because ちゃん expresses that the speaker finds that person
endearing. Since お侍 is a position that holds superiority, the use of ちゃん now
becomes condescending and rude.

2) The other reason I can think of, is that in japanese the combination of お
and ちゃん that I have seen are applied to the elderly while still holding the
endearing quality such as おばあちゃん and おじいちゃん. Substituting 侍 in place could
show that their still maintains a characteristic of being amicable between the
person and speaker regardless of the 侍 title.
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