You're correct - there isn't really a way to do this in English. At least not verbally.
True story, which you may or may not have already heard. I met The Rocky Mountain Bushi in person at Estrella several years ago. I was in western dress at the time and our interaction was immediate zero-to-lifelong-friend-in-three-seconds. I had introduced myself using my Japanese name despite my dress, there was bowing and no touching (despite the fact that SCADians can be a huggy lot). I was in western dress the second time we ran into each other and he invited me into his camp for a drink and what turned out to be an evening out of the rain. Friendly, cordial, as if we'd known each other forever.
Meeting three I was in the red "shoot me" kosode and veiled hat - and he instantly began to behave as if he was my retainer. I found myself standing up a little straighter and being a bit more formal as well. It was subtle, but it was definitely there. If one compares our SCA careers, he outranks me. If one compares our persona stories, I outrank him - and he was determined to play with it. Pretty cool, neh?
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Date: 2008-09-20 04:29 pm (UTC)True story, which you may or may not have already heard. I met The Rocky Mountain Bushi in person at Estrella several years ago. I was in western dress at the time and our interaction was immediate zero-to-lifelong-friend-in-three-seconds. I had introduced myself using my Japanese name despite my dress, there was bowing and no touching (despite the fact that SCADians can be a huggy lot). I was in western dress the second time we ran into each other and he invited me into his camp for a drink and what turned out to be an evening out of the rain. Friendly, cordial, as if we'd known each other forever.
Meeting three I was in the red "shoot me" kosode and veiled hat - and he instantly began to behave as if he was my retainer. I found myself standing up a little straighter and being a bit more formal as well. It was subtle, but it was definitely there. If one compares our SCA careers, he outranks me. If one compares our persona stories, I outrank him - and he was determined to play with it. Pretty cool, neh?