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Re: German 'duzen' and 'siezen' - etymology ?

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Monday, October 23, 2006, 18:43
Mark J. Reed wrote:
> My understanding from my Spanish class days (which took place > approximately halfway between your Spanish class and today) is that > the snooty superiority comes from referring to *oneself* as Sr/Sr[t]a.
Oddly (or not?). as best I recall, the subject of introducing oneself never came up in high school or previous college classes...
> You should introduce yourself as [Roger Mills] even though you expect > your interlocutor to address you in future as "Sr. Mills" rather than > as "Roger".
I imagine that in a purely social (not classroom) setting, I would have done it that way. In any case, I learned my lesson and am now very careful :-)))