>I suspect that the french language is a close relative to the russian language in that situation, because we also have two forms of 'you': "tu" for personal/familiar relationship and "vous" for polite relationship.
Yeah, like pigs and sheep are relatives because they both get cooked and eaten :-) French comes from the Latin-based languages, like Italian, Spanish (and half of English!!!). Can't say where Russian comes from but I bet its originators never wore togas :-). I think many languages have the two forms (including English) - German, for one, has Du und Zie.
Terry
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
