[Lingtyp] Pronouns, politeness, political correctness

[Christian Lehmann]

Sebastian, your hierarchy looks interesting.
>
> 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.
It has happened to me repeatedly that according to my standards, I 
treated a stranger by /Sie/, and then he (less often, she) told me that 
this did not correspond to his standards and continued to address me by 
/du/.

So I agree, there is a hierarchy, and it apparently involves more than 
just the pronouns of the three persons.

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