http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/12/2011s-hugging-kissing-machine-inventions-show-us-the-future-of-robosex.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/12/2011s-hugging-kissing-machine-inventions-show-us-the-future-of-robosex.html/comment-page-1#comment-18847 Thomas Roche Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:45:40 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=13793#comment-18847 Harold -- Thanks for the correction; my bad. I didn't realize -chan could also be applied to boys. Harold — Thanks for the correction; my bad. I didn’t realize -chan could also be applied to boys.

]]> http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2011/12/2011s-hugging-kissing-machine-inventions-show-us-the-future-of-robosex.html/comment-page-1#comment-18836 Harold Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:31:18 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=13793#comment-18836 The honorific -chan does not refer exclusively to girls. It is also used for young boys: http://www.coolest-traveling.com/2011/06/japanese-honorifics-the-fun-part-of-japanese-names/ . For an example, take the long-running manga and anime Shin-chan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan , which features a five year old boy whose behavior falls somewhere between Dennis the Menace and Bart Simpson. The honorific -chan does not refer exclusively to girls. It is also used for young boys: http://www.coolest-traveling.com/2011/06/japanese-honorifics-the-fun-part-of-japanese-names/ . For an example, take the long-running manga and anime Shin-chan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan , which features a five year old boy whose behavior falls somewhere between Dennis the Menace and Bart Simpson.

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