From thorild@UPDATE.UU.SE Thu May 11 17:27:30 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14505 invoked from network); 12 May 2000 00:27:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 12 May 2000 00:27:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Zeke.Update.UU.SE) (130.238.11.14) by mta3 with SMTP; 12 May 2000 00:27:25 -0000 Received: (from thorild@localhost) by Zeke.Update.UU.SE (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA21416; Fri, 12 May 2000 02:27:23 +0200 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 02:27:23 +0200 Message-Id: <200005120027.CAA21416@Zeke.Update.UU.SE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Lojban Listserver Subject: Re: [lojban] centripetality: subset vs component In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under Emacs 20.2.2 From: Thorild Selen Invent Yourself writes: > Fascinating! Are Asians and Europeans truly outraged by our > "aggressive" use of first names? There is no such thing as a common European culture, even though the EU propagandists would like us to believe that there is :) First names are normally used in Sweden, even when talking to strangers, except in extremely formal situations. In Germany it's completely different; a German student would not address his professor by first name, while a Swedish student would. One thing that is different between the USA and Sweden though, is the usage of words like "luv" and "hon". In the US, these seem to be used for almost any person and appear to have lost their meaning completely. /Thorild