matt@gol.com (Matthew Endo) wrote:

>Steve <steve_h@dsl.pipex.net> wrote:
>
>> I have recently been chided for not putting the full name on a parcel
>> to a person's home address. I have been told that without the family
>> name it will not be delivered!
>> 
>> I wrote Yukako Chan: Yukako being the given name and Chan being the
>> familiar suffix. 
>
>I wonder what happens to the mail to people in Japan with the
>family/last name "Chan" at your post office?

Presumably, they receive the redirected mail from "stupid" people who
put the right address on but have "no common sense".