Timeline for Does the tu/vous distinction more accurately express politeness, or social distance?
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| Nov 12, 2017 at 23:13 | history | edited | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 8, 2017 at 8:45 | comment | added | Greg | A personal example I can think of: someone in my family uses "vous" to address his wife when they quarrel (in front of the whole family...). Ex: "Mais que faites-vous ? Tout le monde vous attend !". As if he wanted to put some distance with her when he is mad at her. But it is so peculiar that the other family members make fun of his use of "vous", which shows it really stands out. | |
| Nov 8, 2017 at 1:42 | history | edited | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 8, 2017 at 0:51 | history | answered | jlliagre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |