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Akima:
--- Quote from: Case on 29 Apr 2019, 07:16 ---That's a ways above my French, I have to admit. So take the following with truckloads of salt:
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My French is rusty and fairly terrible. I took it to satisfy a high-school requirement that I study a foreign language, and never mind that I was already studying English as a second language, and spoke Chinese (but the DoE barred native-speakers like me from using Chinese to meet the foreign language requirement). But I think your comments about the use of formal mode to emphasise rank or social status in German apply to French too.
Is it cold in here?:
Akima, doesn't this connect to your previous thoughts about managers inviting subordinates to be on a first name basis?
At least I think that was you.
oddtail:
Regarding "vous" vs "tu" in French on the Internet - for what it's worth, I don't recall seeing much "vous" in Reddit's r/France (which I read, but do not post in. My French is good enough to read it, but certainly not good enough to write in it).
In case it's in any way helpful by way of analogy: it's pretty damn rare to see the formal version of "you" in Internet conversation conducted in Polish. The stereotype, I think, is that only old people use the formal form (and only very un-Internet-savvy people, the kind whose online presence is limited mostly to Facebook. Y'know, the kind that would forward chain letters a few years back).
I think it has to do with the fact that the social protocols of the Internet evolved among early adopters, and those were initially college students (who would not use the formal "you" in everyday conversation amongst themselves, anyway). By the time the tone of the Polish Internet developed, it'd seem awkward to address someone any other way. Plus, in early days of the Internet, you didn't usually know much about the other person, and that included their age. So people defaulted to the informal form of address.
I did hear a few stories of how awkward it can be to meet a person you barely know online in meatspace. You've talked to that person using the informal address, but you don't necessarily know them well enough for that to work in face-to-face conversation. But arbitrarily dialing it back to the formal "you" would be weird as well.
LeeC:
If Marvel's Thor met Wonder Woman do you think they'd get along? I don't mean this in a shipping way, but do you think their personalities would conflict with each other or would they become friends? I'd like to think they would be friends but in a friendly competitive manner like Gimli and Legolas at Helms Deep.
Ignominious:
I think he'd treat her the same way he treats Sif but with the added respect of being a member of another ruling family.
Alternative question. Thor regularly uses his hammer to trap things or people because they lack the character to wield it. It clearly isn't a weight thing because trapped people don't get injured. If Thor puts his hammer down on something like the SHIELD aircraft carrier, is it also trapped and unable to move?
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