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I have heard—though not often—people refer to themselves using their first
name, not by using a pronoun for "I." Does this have special connotation in
Japanese? Nothing about the usage (to me) seemed particularly unusual. In
English, this would admittedly come across as being very weird.
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When is it appropriate to refer to yourself using your name, rather than 私 (or others)?
Yes, young children and young women often refer to themselves by their first
name. There is the notion that it is cute and women will use it when talking
to close family members, etc. If an adult male would use it, it would sound
very effeminate. Also, when an adult women uses it, _some_ people consider
that she is trying to look cute on purpose and be turned off by it.
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