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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps by richbell on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:55PM (#34449044)
> My pet peeve about using "they" is it seems to imply an undue politeness or superiority

I suppose it could be considered similar to Spanish and French where you have "you" (peers) and then formal "you" (authorities).

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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps by rqtwteye on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:30AM (#34455471)
Same in German. The formal address is in plural. “Sie sind…”
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Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps by OkayPhysicist on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:00PM (#34462035)
We used to have that in English with the formal "you" and informal "thou", but politeness lead to the near-exclusive use of "you" until "thou" became archaic. And now that it's archaic, people think it must have been formal. Funny little circular journey.
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