Re: Old Norse (was Re: New to the list)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 27, 2000, 2:18 |
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At 17:55 26.6.2000 +0200, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>Danish had more or less the same, when the middle class had to address
>the bourgeoisie. But the bourgeoisie was ousted by the middle class
>some time between the wars, and that usage with it, except for some
>usages like Doktoren and Pastoren which lingered into the fifties.
Same here, tho about 20 years later.
>(Danish Lutheran-Evangelical clergy were priests in mention, but
>pastors in address).
Same here too.
You still here shop attendants use "Min Herre", but that's almost totally
jocular, as when a man goes into a "feminine" store (haberdashery,
cosmetics, women's clothes...)
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melroch@mail.com
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