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Crossing out the honorifics
A Japanese wedding invitation arrives with a reply postcard already addressed, and filling it in has rules. The honorifics printed on it refer to you, so you strike them through: 御 before 出席, and the 行 after the host's name, replaced with 様. You then circle 出席 and, traditionally, add a line of congratulation. Some people cross out with a double line, some write 寿 over the 御. Sending it back unedited is not offensive, only visibly unpracticed.