What is the English equivalent of "~っぺ"?


According to romanjidesu.com, "っぺ" is a familiar suffix used after a personal
name. What level of relationship is necessary to use this? Is this similar
with adding -y in the name of the person? Example: Mike -> Mikey?




I would be shocked if there were an English equivalent of 「っぺ」.

The closest (which is not even so close) that I could think of would be "-ie",
"-y", etc. with which you just add an extra **_vowel_** to a name or nickname.

What is strikingly different in Japanese name suffixes is the fact that they
add whole new **_consonants_** as well as vowels -- 「っぺ」、「たん」、「ぴー」、「ぴょん」, etc.

I would imagine that an English speaker would feel more than strange if
someone called him with an whole new extra syllable attached to his name
instead of just "-ie" or "-y". I would not even know how you would decide on
what new consonants to use.




I would be shocked if there were an English equivalent of 「っぺ」.

The closest (which is not even so close) that I could think of would be "-ie",
"-y", etc. with which you just add an extra **_vowel_** to a name or nickname.

What is strikingly different in Japanese name suffixes is the fact that they
add whole new **_consonants_** as well as vowels -- 「っぺ」、「たん」、「ぴー」、「ぴょん」, etc.

I would imagine that an English speaker would feel more than strange if
someone called him with an whole new extra syllable attached to his name
instead of just "-ie" or "-y". I would not even know how you would decide on
what new consonants to use.

