Among co-workers it's more formal, so people more or less call each other _____-sshi regardless of age and gender. The honorific changes as you go further up the chain of command, usually [title]-nim.
are there other distinct differences between men and women's speech like there is in Japanese
Hmmm... not really. At least not that I can think of. ^^; I do notice, though, that men definitely have freer reign to address women more casually and drop the honorific quicker, whereas women tend to be consistently polite toward men. Sexism rears its ugly head yet again. xP
if you turn out to be older than the other person, they have to defer to you; if you turn out to be younger, you can gloat (on the inside ;))
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Date: 2008-07-13 06:49 am (UTC)are there other distinct differences between men and women's speech like there is in Japanese
Hmmm... not really. At least not that I can think of. ^^; I do notice, though, that men definitely have freer reign to address women more casually and drop the honorific quicker, whereas women tend to be consistently polite toward men. Sexism rears its ugly head yet again. xP
if you turn out to be older than the other person, they have to defer to you; if you turn out to be younger, you can gloat (on the inside ;))
XDDD I LIKE YOUR WAY OF THINKING.