Re: Formal/informal pronouns

On 25/04/08 17:26:28, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> FWIW my lady once met the man who in younger years
> instigated the Swedish reform to use informal address with
> everyone. The old Swedish system was nowhere near as simple
> as using the plural pronoun to address a single person
> formally, but involved using the other persons *title*, i.e.
> academic or occupational title. _Min Herre, Herrn, Frun,
> Fröken_ 'Sir, Mr, Ma'am, Miss' were only used when/until
> you knew the correct title, so you'd e.g. say something like
> _Vill Kandidaten ha en kopp kaffe?_ for 'Would you like a
> cup of coffee, sir?' when speaking to someone who happened
> to have a B.A.!
And here was me thinking the German system was needlessly confusing!
Are/were there different words for different sorts of bachelors
e.g. BSc, LLB, Bachelor of Cognitive Science etc ?

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