Re: new webpage

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, J. Barefoot wrote:

> ># The polite article is used as a vocative in only a few limited
> ># circumstances, mostly notably when addressing someone else's relatives
> ># or in religious inscriptions.
> >
> >         ... isn't everyone someone else's relative?
> >
>
> Um. Yes. Thank you. I suppose that needs clarification. Someone else's elder
> relatives, when that someone else happens to be present, like, say, meeting
> your girlfriend's grandparents.
>
        Oh!  OKay, that makes more sense.  I like that.  Doraya has a
similar feature, but with a broader context: the pronoun _vosara_ is
used to address the elders of the community.  In some small
communities, only one or two people qualify for such an honor.


Later,
Adam