Re: Politeness

> >Hey, I had an idea for a "politeness" rule in Lyngom-Vampyr and was
> wondering if
> >a similar phenomenon occurs in any natlang.
>
> It happens in Japanese as well as English, I hear. Eurolangs usually do
> this with pronouns (such as Spanish usted from wossname "your mercy",
> such as English "you" rather than "thee, thou"). Spanish also has that
> special word I forget for "I would like".
Oh, I knew that languages *had* rules for politeness. I just didn't know if any
language had a similar no-direct-question thing.