Re: Apes and language

On Jan 31, 10:01 am, Franz Gnaedinger <f...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A special case are
authorities. A policeman may use the 'du' form as an
act of deliberate deprecation and intimidation:

Bei dir fällt der Groschen spät, aber ich sehe, dass er schon bald
fallen wird. You are definitely on the right track with "authorities"
and "deprecation and intimidation".

you low
individual, I won't mind getting real close to you and
slap you in the face or punch you in the stomach, if
that's the only language you understand.

You know, that is precisely the kind of reaction your own behaviour is
bound to elicit in any normal person.
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