Re: Formal/informal pronouns

We all love to feel special, but does raise the question, how to
show class or profession differences?

Master/Maestro for a teacher, or a master of something.

In English - American, we have lost many of the more extreme
titles. Some we still hear on TV/movies, but ..

In my conlang Miksa, everything is relative to the speaker. Is
the speaker part of the discussion, or external to it..  They
did it, or We did it. But how to show respect, or something
else? Such as is the speaker lower in class, or in knowledge
than the one being spoken off? Is the speaker a teacher, or a
student?

I know in Miksa I remember, the whole Subject Verb Object is
moot, placement that is.. I believe I have a prefix or suffix
that shows who the subject and object is..

Mike

(hope this is all in topic!!)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Becker" <carbeck@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: Formal/informal pronouns


Matahaniya ang Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> 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.
That is still the case for many Austrians as far as I know
from Work. Many of customers from there are very serious
about being addressed as _Herr/Frau Professor(in), Herr/Frau
Doktor_, or even _Herr/Frau Magister_.

Carsten