hypertown@lemmy.world to linuxanimemes · edit-220 hours ago"Sorry Win 11-tan." by @Clov_erDlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1image"Sorry Win 11-tan." by @Clov_erDlemmy.worldhypertown@lemmy.world to linuxanimemes · edit-220 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoIt’s 11-chan, or -tan means something?
minus-squarecameron_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours ago-tan seems to be a cutesy / baby-talk version of -chan.
minus-squarecacheson@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoApparently -tan became a thing because -chan was originally a cutesy baby-talk version of -san, but it got adopted into everyday language and wasn’t cutesy enough anymore.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours ago11 = Microsoft Windows 11 chan = honorific for girl or child tan = honorific for baby
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours ago tan = honorific for baby Checked it up, apparently it comes from manga, so it’s used more there and on the internet than in real life.
It’s 11-chan, or -tan means something?
-tan seems to be a cutesy / baby-talk version of -chan.
Apparently -tan became a thing because -chan was originally a cutesy baby-talk version of -san, but it got adopted into everyday language and wasn’t cutesy enough anymore.
11 = Microsoft Windows 11
chan = honorific for girl or child
tan = honorific for baby
Checked it up, apparently it comes from manga, so it’s used more there and on the internet than in real life.