RE: What's your favorite swear word/insult?
November 29, 2014 at 10:08 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2014 at 10:16 am by The Grand Nudger.)
We use sir and ma'am (and other titles like it....Mr. Mrs. Ms.) to accomplish what you're talking about in some capacities Abaris. In others we use the tone of our voice, and the familiarity of our chosen vocab. If, for example, I walked up to my boss and said "How the fuck are you?" - he's probably my buddy.....but if I asked someone at a store "Having a good day sir?" - he's probably not my friend (and he may be my boss...lol). Offering a first name is a pleasantry, generally meant to create a sense of familiarity which is desirable, or generally seen as desirable, btw. Dropping all the extraneous business of titles and such (unless we have to fire the poor fucker, at which point a man you may have called by first name for quite some time could insist upon formality - cutting that tie of familiarity to get the nasty business at hand done).
Kind of amusing though, to see that what may be intended as a gesture of good will is taken as an insult. I wonder if there are similar things from german to english?
Kind of amusing though, to see that what may be intended as a gesture of good will is taken as an insult. I wonder if there are similar things from german to english?
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