tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post7458410905838074227..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: You, you, you and you (1)George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-72619307462280332382008-11-26T06:03:00.000+00:002008-11-26T06:03:00.000+00:00Of course, in some languages it's even worse: in J...Of course, in some languages it's even worse: in Javanese there are <I>six</I> levels (plain style, plain style with low honorifics, plain style with high honorifics, middle style, aristocratic style, aristocratic style with high honorifics) to be used in various social circumstances, not necessarily reciprocally, and the choice of level affects not just one pronoun but <I>almost every</I> word in the language.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com