Believe it, sister!
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Believe it, sister!
That IS pretty good…
I speak some German and Spanish with the formal You (Sie and Usted) and it’s handy but adds complication as a learner.
Awesome.
These are amazing. I’ve only heard a few of them before!
That would be my ideal outcome. I haven’t seen a neo-pronoun type of thing for this situation, sadly. It’s tough to impose new rules on a language via fiat anyway, so it probably wouldn’t catch on.
I am, yes. It’s not uncommon in the South, and among military/former/family of.
Thank you for the reply.
This is a helpful reply; thank you.
That’s exactly how I’m thinking, thank you. I used service workers as an example, but it’s much wider then that. Strangers of any kind, especially people with whom I may want to be a little deferential. Older folks, people doing me a service, someone with authority like a teacher at my kids school.
Sir and ma’am are in addition to the please and thank you, which are the minimum.
That’s great. I recognize that folks with whom I interact at their work are often treated indifferently at best, and I like to make their day a little better if I can.
I do that too, of course, but “sir” and “ma’am” are a bit more formally polite by showing deference.
Friend is good, but I’d feel a bit like I was in a cult, I think.
“Thanks, friend. By the way, you know who else is your friend? The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Let me tell you all about it.”
That’s probably fair.
I could do “boss”. Thanks for the reply.
That’s fun. Do you do the accent? Or are you actually from down under?
It does, thanks Bud!
I could do that!
I guess sending something BACK, so I hit the “your story” button. Don’t even know which app that was supposed to be.
Share water, brother.