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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:21 PM Original message |
Linguistics question: the formal "you" in Europe. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's still pretty standard in France to use both |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Como esta" versus "como esta usted"? My Spanish is so very poor... |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am certain that the old rules apply in Germany.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Back when I was still a language instructor, one of my colleagues co-wrote |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. All I know is that a French waiter in Minneapolis |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I hope you didn't tip him. n/t |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Nah. I didn't tip him. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Germans are still pretty strong on the formal "Sie" instead of |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you all for the good answers. |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. that's so cheap |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was just cutting costs to please shareholders. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Can tell you about France |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey Swag. Not that you're asking but I'm gonna guess |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Right continent. Very good. |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well. I was close. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Did you think you saw someone you knew? |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It was just the one black kid among all the white kids. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No, |
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FuzzySlippers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. They are indeed lovely, |
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