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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
Off topic, but I've never known why Japanese learners so often say みんなさん.
I've heard North Americans, Asians and Europeans use it. Makes me wonder if they actually teach you that.
Besides it being wrong, みんなさん sounds VERY strange to us native speakers.
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It is interesting to me this would be surprising to you. Adding さん to human designations is learned early on, so みんなさん seems obviously correct if you don't have a teacher that specifically teaches this (and I can't really remember a textbook that points it out specifically).
Also, it is often difficult for native English speakers in their first years of study to hear the difference between みんな and みな