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| 30 Jan 10, 7:18 PM breathlesss UK, 4 yrs   |
I haven't yet read the above thread, but I am (probably) going to check it out. First, though, I'll contribute to this thread on its own merits. I do find this kind of thing interesting. Whether there's any significance in things are… well, seem… insignificant… Especially when such things involve analysis of language.
Umm… on several counts!
They tend to use “du” when addressing one another from the outset of the conversation, correct?
She was 22 years old… qualifying as a “younger person” surely?
Progessed to the “du” stage? How do you know that they weren't using “du” rather than “sie” from the outset? Maybe the woman doesn't use the word “sie” in brief exchanges with people around her own age, regardless of whether or not they use “very formal German”.
The woman in question is “a younger person”, most of whom “tend to use “du” when addressing one another” (implicitly from the start of a conversation, correct?), you heard her using “du” early on in a conversation with a stranger, and you never heard her using “sie”… And you're wondering if there's any significance in the fact that she used informal words when dealing with your good self? Well, sure, significance, meaning, etc. is where we see/place/recognize/impose it... I've always said so... but… I don't think that there is any reason to see any significance in it.
Yay!! I like that… I actually did laugh out loud, heartily, for several seconds.
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| 30 Jan 10, 7:56 PM Factory_slave UK(N), 6 yrs |
First of all, breathless, thanks and respect for reading the language parts, because although boring to some they could have been relevant, and more to the point well done for seeing the humorous side too. I mean, abdominal snowmen don't normally feature in the heavy stuff.
Well, I will argue that younger people addressing elders, who they don't know well, will always use “Sie”. That is common throughout Germany. It doesn't bother me either way, but that's the rules for these folks. The fact she addressed me as “du” must mean all this cycling has paid off. What a compliment!
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| 30 Jan 10, 8:30 PM areyouok 2 yrs |
It's a good job she didn't flash a bit of naked thigh, else there could have been an international incident caused by exploding testicles. | ||||||||
| 31 Jan 10, 11:12 PM Factory_slave UK(N), 6 yrs |
areyouok, as it's your first post (and an excellent one if I may add), someone around here should make the effort and reply.
LOL (not sure what that means, but a lot of people write it) --------------------- areyouok, you can rely on me. Send me a private message before you post again, and I will write a reply of your choice. | ||||||||
| 31 Jan 10, 11:29 PM areyouok 2 yrs |
I think LOL means laughing out loud. I hope I didn't cause any offence, I often appear to be rude when I'm merely trying to be amusing. Something I need to work on. | ||||||||
| 31 Jan 10, 11:58 PM Factory_slave UK(N), 6 yrs |
And there was me thinking LOL was 'lots of love'. Honestly, no offence at all, areyouok. I'd rather read humour like yours than an Oprah-style lecture or worse some empty threat from a wannabe admin. Please keep posting. p.s. Along with everyone else, I always appreciate the well-written responses from the likes of condemned, jules9, Inigo_Kroenen and Lady_Lucan but especially El Presidente, lima_pink_tigress and breathless. A lot of people make the effort to write thought-provoking and interesting posts, and such effort deserves more than one-liner mockery or a “LOL”. Keep posting folks. | ||||||||
| 1 Feb 10, 12:15 AM strawberry_fields UK(PL), 4 yrs |
OMG I was like at work last week.. and I had to write this letter... and I started it Dear Sir... and then I thought.. goodness when I had last met the man I was writing to he had been wearing a black waistcoat... and black shoes ( he is a bank manager or something??)So does that mean i belong to him now.... OMG OMG!!! Sorry but irritated.... and before anybody comments that if you dont like something dont read it... I was living in hope that it would actually be relevant to this web board at some point... sadly I was disappointed. Never start something you have no intention of finishing SFX | ||||||||
| 1 Feb 10, 1:12 PM Lounge_Lizard 5 yrs |
I think you're getting the past confused with the future... In the NEXT 4000 years,planet Earth WILL be ruled by Orangutans...Gorillas will form an army and the Chimps will be the good guys... (Be warned) LL
Tally Ho!... | ||||||||
| 1 Feb 10, 3:21 PM AstronautMikeDexter UK(E), 2 yrs |
If this is what the internet has come to kill me now. --- Ha! | ||||||||
| 1 Feb 10, 3:55 PM PiercePD UK(BN), 2 yrs |
Certainly sir & what did sir have in mind today? We have an excellent range of suicide pills, a cheeky little noose just in or of course our ever-popular a la carte firing squad. :¬) PD |
