みんなさん vs みなさん ?

[phreadom]

A friend of mine told me that you would generally type minna (みんな) when using that word alone, but mina (みんな) when typing minna-san (みんなさん).

Is this correct? Or are they generally interchangeable?

I was typing my introduction in the Introductions section and started wondering... not to mention that I don't know Kanji enough to have taken the "shortcut", so I just write it all out "long hand" for now.

Thanks in advance!

[richvh]

To the best of my knowledge, みんな is a casual speech version of みな, and only みなさん is correct when the honorific is attached.

[paul_b]

phreadom wrote:
A friend of mine told me that you would generally type minna (みんな) when using that word alone, but mina (みんな) when typing minna-san (みんなさん).

Is this correct? Or are they generally interchangeable?

I was typing my introduction in the Introductions section and started wondering... not to mention that I don't know Kanji enough to have taken the "shortcut", so I just write it all out "long hand" for now.

Thanks in advance!

Looks a little inconsistent there. Which was it?

In any case assuming your friend said "mina (みな) when typing mina-san (みなさん)" then your friend was correct.

[phreadom]

paul_b wrote:

phreadom wrote:
A friend of mine told me that you would generally type minna (みんな) when using that word alone, but mina (みんな) when typing minna-san (みんなさん).

Is this correct? Or are they generally interchangeable?

I was typing my introduction in the Introductions section and started wondering... not to mention that I don't know Kanji enough to have taken the "shortcut", so I just write it all out "long hand" for now.

Thanks in advance!

Looks a little inconsistent there. Which was it?

In any case assuming your friend said "mina (みな) when typing mina-san (みなさん)" then your friend was correct.

Sorry, poor copy/paste editing on my part.

It should have read:

phreadom wrote:
A friend of mine told me that you would generally type minna (みんな) when using that word alone, but mina (みな) when typing mina-san (みなさん).

I really messed that up.