Re: New to the list

From: "Patrick Jarrett"

> One thing which I know will be, is the formality of the greetings and
> farwells, the culture will be one of those which is very caste based, and
> formality is a must.
While it pales in comparison to Japanese, as a neighbor of Japan, Géarthtörs
has a fairly formal system in place. As in Japanese, the longer the
utterance, the more polite it is. Hence:

Most formal:
Se dalths techetneketh la öçkek nü. A beautiful day be unto you.

Less formal:
Se dalths techetneketh. A beautiful day.

Least formal:
(Se) dalths. (A) day. (used *only* among intimates)

Greetings, please-s, thank you-s, excuse me-s, bon voyages, holiday
well-wishings, etc. all work on this three-tier system.

Kou