Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 hours agowhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 hours agoDutch has a formal and informal 2nd person word (think “you” vs “thou”). I have an intern who will not stop using the formal version, and it feels super awkward. I keep telling her to stop it, but she said she always uses with older people… She’s 23, I’m mid 30s. Ouch.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 minutes agoAt least sehr doesn’t help you cross the street. Yet. “Is your lunch soft enough? Should I cut it up for you? We have a blender back in the kitchen if you want?”
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·52 minutes agoYou do those shenanigans in french too. Super complicated with SO family though uhg.
Dutch has a formal and informal 2nd person word (think “you” vs “thou”).
I have an intern who will not stop using the formal version, and it feels super awkward. I keep telling her to stop it, but she said she always uses with older people…
She’s 23, I’m mid 30s. Ouch.
At least sehr doesn’t help you cross the street. Yet.
“Is your lunch soft enough? Should I cut it up for you? We have a blender back in the kitchen if you want?”
You do those shenanigans in french too.
Super complicated with SO family though uhg.