Occasionally on Twitter, I see tweets from young native Japanese-speakers like:
おはようございま[鶴]{つる}
with the obvious meaning of おはようございます。
Is this change of ます to まつる just a form of slang, and is it commonly used and understood?
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4A play on word with the old-fashioned まする, perhaps? Not confident enough to post it as an answer.– user4032Commented Feb 17, 2015 at 0:05
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It's not widely recognized as a piece of slang or internet meme. Maybe they're repeating what they've heard in some anime which I don't know?– narutoCommented Feb 17, 2015 at 10:59
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2I think it's just one small following on Twitter. Primarily, the posts I saw using it were from the same account (Yanakiku), a music artist. They used in a lot of their posts (YANAKIKUでございま鶴 as well as the one listed). I think it's mostly confined to the poster, and their followers. Correct me if you find any exceptions to this, but I'd guess it's just a stylistic trait of the artist rather than a common meme.– sqrtbottleCommented May 30, 2015 at 12:12
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@Sqrtbottle I think you are right. I hadn't realised when I posted the question. If you post this as an answer, I'll accept it.– alexhCommented May 30, 2015 at 23:10
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As mentioned in the comments above, this seems to be just a small Twitter following. The main user, YANAKIKU, is a musician, and changing the ending of verbs to 〜ま鶴 seems to be their usage of artistic license, most likely to be cute.
I haven't seen it used anywhere other than this, so I assume the meme (if it can be called this) is really just for fans of the group.
Other examples from their twitter page include:
おはようございま鶴♡ 昨日はありがとうございま鶴でした！
マシュー今日はありがとうございま鶴でした！マシューのMCだとなんともいえない安心感がありま鶴！ めっちゃかっこよかった♡ 最後ご挨拶できなくてごめんね！これからもよろしくお願いしま鶴！
おはようございまつる
Not really something I'd be able use anytime or anywhere without feeling self conscious ; )
Commonly understood, not commonly used. It sounds cute or annoying, depending on your personal biases. It has no special meaning.
