From: Christophe Grandsire (christophe.grandsire@free.fr)
Date: Sun Jun 08 2003 - 22:29:24 EST
En réponse à Padraic Brown :
>Curious!
Well, it's basically like in Francien: polite-informal distinction existing
only in the singular.
>Well, you can never be _too_ impolite to a mere
>president! ;)))))
Yes you can, according the Narbonese rules :)) . Addressing a president
with "vós" would sound like flattery, or sarcasm ("what do you think you
are? a king?" :)) ).
>I take it that one couldn't address other
>aristocratic types with the 2pl?
It would be frowned upon, especially since the Gaulhóscs are much more
egalitarian than the Franciens :) (even the 3sg feminine of politeness is
not very common, and implies strong politeness. Gaulhóscs use "tu" much
more easily than Franciens). Basically, the "vós" of politeness sounds to
Narbonese speakers like the third person of royalty sounds to us.
Christophe Grandsire.
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