tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post1015315139684339593..comments2024-03-08T11:16:16.812+00:00Comments on A Postcard a Day: Addressing cats correctlySheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-77373833120490001442013-01-28T18:45:07.318+00:002013-01-28T18:45:07.318+00:00We call our cats Master Seth and Miss Summer as be...We call our cats Master Seth and Miss Summer as befits cats of their standing. Afrikaans has a formal and informal "you" too. "Jy" is informal, "u" is formal. Emm in Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945540478030885434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-15011634635948358372013-01-22T22:44:27.210+00:002013-01-22T22:44:27.210+00:00those two cats look like they are having trouble d...those two cats look like they are having trouble differentiating between the familiar and the formal.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-2926203798614308942013-01-22T14:29:23.416+00:002013-01-22T14:29:23.416+00:00Gorgeous postcard, and thanks for the translation....Gorgeous postcard, and thanks for the translation. I was only thinking about this poem this morning (the TS Eliot one).Hannah Littletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019357519251205885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-20332588656322668772013-01-22T10:36:44.186+00:002013-01-22T10:36:44.186+00:00I think it's quite nice to have the differenti...I think it's quite nice to have the differentiation between formal and informal, though as a foreigner using any of theses languages it can be tricky to know when you can switch to the informal 'you'. Lovely card and poems, my cats(in all their nobility) agree :) Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.com