Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin...
by NihilumExNil on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:11PM
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With all due respect, madams and sirs, I beg to differ.
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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin...
by chrisseaton on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:05PM
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Those are terms of address, and in English you can just avoid them entirely. In other languages you can't say some quite basic things, such as articles, without explicitly choosing a level of formality, which can be awkward.