っぴ structure

[chinz]

I was trying to find out what this structure means... like when it's attached to words like

下手っぴ
上手っぴ
how bout the frog called けろっぴ
きのっぴ is this a person's name?

Thank you for helping me.

[mieth]

I have never heard of this suffix before. Are you sure this isnt just some sound byte of an anime character or something. I am not native so I cant really say but I have never come across this suffix in all my studies. I looked through all three of my grammar dictionaries and couldnt find it either. might.. be ..your imagination =) kamoshirenai ne

[zakojanai]

I mentioned this in a thread about a week ago, but I'll touch on it again.
っぴ　is often used at the end of people's names in order to form an affectionate nickname. Brad Pitt is often called Burappi in the Japanese press. And at the risk of giving away too much information, my fiancee calls me Zappi. So don't worry Chinz, it's not your imagination.

As for 下手っぴ and　上手っぴ, it seems like they're also being used as nicknames but obviously heta and jouzu aren't their real names. I have no idea how to translate it, but hetappi might just be a way to be cute and self deprecating while saying you're bad at something. Jouzuppi is probably a cute way of saying you're good at something.

Edit: Ok, there are blogs using hetappi as a nickname, but that's not how it's usually used. It's just an ending put on words to make them sound cute. Like little girl riding a tricycle cute, so be careful using it.

[Jessi]

I haven't heard ぴー attached to words like those you mentioned, but it is used in nicknames sometimes! Peter and Sakura actually talked about it in this onomatopoeia lesson:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2009/03/0 ... matopoeia/

As for ブラピ, I think that's just because his last name is Pitt... ブラッド･ピット

[zakojanai]

Ah...I think you're right about Brad Pitt. I never realized it was usually written without the っ. (A few hits on Google with it, though.)

[Rod Wadd]

I've heard 下手っぴ before and Zappi is right. It's just a cute way of saying you're bad at something. The only thing I can think of in English would be something like "I'm poopy at it" or something similarly silly sounding.

[zakojanai]

ザッピって？！　薄氷を踏んでるぞ 。:wink:

[chinz]

thanks all for your posts, especially zakojanai and jessi.
I've benefited from your sharing.