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If someone says,

> あなた は Chris-さん です か。  
>  Are you Chris?

Do you answer

> Chris です

Or

> Chris-さん です
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grammar syntax honorifics
The use of -さん when answering about oneself
> Chris です。

`さん` is never used (except jokingly perhaps) to refer to oneself. The same
goes for other common endings such as `くん`, `ちゃん`, `さま`, `先輩` and `先生`.

That's because these endings usually convey a kind of relation: for instance,
`さま` conveys respect, `くん` and `ちゃん` convey some endearment and while `さん`
conveys very little meaning, it does convey separation. You can't use `さん` on
yourself because it's pointless to specify your relation to yourself. And this
is even truer for the other endings.
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Unless it is some sort of elaborate joke, you should not put -さん after your
name.

Maybe a story could be helpful...

Once when writing the minutes (議事録 _gijiroku_ ) of a meeting, I had to write
the list of the participants at the meeting. I wrote it like this, and then
sent the email.

```

    ●●さん
    ●●さん
    Wallyさん
    
```

As soon I sent this email, the reaction from my coworkers was: "LOL, he put さん
to his own name". And tons of 指摘 _shiteki_ afterwards.

So yeah, you should never put -san after your name unless you're trying to be
funny. If you want to try to be funny, send an email within the mailing list
to another coworker without putting -san to his name. Lots of _shiteki_
guaranteed.
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