Re: Spanish Question (with Expanded Politesse)

Adam Walker wrote:
>>From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:07:56 -0500
>
>(To be complete: _du_ is sg
>>informal
>>"you", while _ni_ is pl informal, sg formal and pl formal "you" - alot
>>like
>>"thou" vs "you" in older English.)
>>
>>                                                 Andreas
>
>Which, of course, proves that the Swedes are NOT a Scandinavian people at
>all, but rather a lost tribe of Chinese.  this can be easily discerned by
>the fact that both Chinese and Swedish are tonal languages AND that they
>share the same word for "you" -- ni.
>
Where does that leave the Norwegians - their language is tonal too. A tribe
of lost Vietnamese, or what?

                                                   Andreas


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