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Re: "Register" a grammatical term

From:Dana Nutter <li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Friday, August 22, 2008, 2:54
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Eldin
Raigmore
> Many people often get "formal" and "honorific" confused with
each other, and
> get "informal" and "familiar" confused with each other, at
least at first;
> especially if their native languages don't make such a
distinction.
> > But they do differ.
I noticed recently on a thread we had on Auxlang where I was pointing out some issues having to do with honorifics. The others on the list were confusing honorics with the formal forms.