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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Sebastian, your hierarchy looks
interesting.<br>
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cite="mid:97cde146-c7a5-5cb8-8ddd-f26ee041a027@glottotopia.de"><br>
an interesting aspect is that "ownership" of 2nd person pronouns
is not contested. You can request that someone use the V-form
(vous, Sie, Usted) when addressing you, and it is universally
accepted that they have to comply.
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It has happened to me repeatedly that according to my standards, I
treated a stranger by <i>Sie</i>, and then he (less often, she)
told me that this did not correspond to his standards and continued
to address me by <i>du</i>.<br>
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So I agree, there is a hierarchy, and it apparently involves more
than just the pronouns of the three persons.<br>
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