Don’t Be So Formal

Linguistic formality seems to be on the decline in Western Europe according to Prospero–the books, arts, and culture blog at The Economist.


Johnson: We are all friends now
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MANY languages use different words for “you”, depending on the relationship between the speaker and the addressee. “You” tends to have two versions throughout…

Linguistic formality seems to be on the decline in Western Europe according to Prospero–the books, arts, and culture blog at The Economist.


Johnson: We are all friends now
www.economist.com
MANY languages use different words for “you”, depending on the relationship between the speaker and the addressee. “You” tends to have two versions throughout…