Re: Politeness

In a message dated 3/26/02 09.21.10 PM, christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:

>En réponse à Ian Maxwell <Ian_Maxwell@...>:
>
>> I'd be interested in any ideas other people have had for politeness in
>> their cultures.

    Politeness forms (so far):
        _s"ri_  /s_hri/ - male and females; personal sign of deep respect for
who ever they are addressing , or for what some one does or has done (even
garbage-disposal-people, dog-catchers, police & "worse" [i.e. bureaucrats and
soldiers] can be addressed this way - if they prove themselves to be worthy
of this title, i.e. being unflappable even when others give them sh*t and/or
going "beyond the call of duty")
        _doxt".rr'_ /dok.t_hR\_h/ - deserving medical professionals &
researchers
        _maastro_ /ma~s.tro/ artists or musicians of special note (pardon the
pun)
        _sensi_ /sen.si/- teachers, scientists, writers, poets, intellectuals
and philosophers deserving of said title
        _guru_ /gu.ru/ - honorific given to proven spiritual leaders (not
necessarily "religious")

    .ur-ae'u'm does not have a ConCulture (that may change [any suggestions
for a futuristic language made of Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic, Japanese,
etc.- roots as well as mnenomically motivated root-creations, i.e.:
     _vio_ "life/living/nature",
    _via/via-Tau_ "way/via [of] Tao",
    _vaeva_ /v@va/ ,"intensity/longlife(a la vive!, ¡viva!, etc),
    _ved"a_ /ve.d_ha/"wisdom/science/religion/etc.",
    _v".rr'Il'_ /v_hR\_h_L`/ - a numinous kind of ambivalent life-force
responsible for evolution and spiritual transformation - an idea sadly
tainted by an aurora of evil, Nazi occultism and the recent resurgence in
present-day German "Pranasophie" - a cult mixing Odinism and Aryan
Sun-Cultism (based on the "Vril")...]

    enuff said, never enuff done...

Hanuman Zhang  {HANoomaan JAHng} /'hanuma~n  dZa'hN/
~§~
_LILA_ <from Sanskrit> = "Divine Play"  - the 'joyous exercise of spontaneity
involved in the art of creation' (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)...the play of
creation, destruction, & re-creation, the folding & unfolding of the cosmos...
both the delight & enjoyment of this moment, & the play of [the] God[head]
("the universe is what happens when God wants to play").

_Spielraum_ <from German> = free scope to experiment with things & ideas; to
toy with ideas; room to play in

    WHIM = 1a. a sudden fancy; a caprice. b. capriciousness. 2. a kind of
windlass for raising ore or water from a mine. [17th century: origin unknown]
    WHIMSY (plural forms: WHIMSIES, WHIMSEYS) = 1. a whim; a capricious
notion or fancy. 2. capricious or quaint humour. [related to WHIM-WHAM
]/Italian _capriccio_, French _boutade_
    WHIM-WHAM = a toy or plaything