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You start to feel old when....
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Finish the sentence.
you hear kids refer to 90s music as "old music"
you hear kids refer to 90s music as "old music"
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If you ever come to Texas, you'll get a lot of that. They "ma'am" and "sir" all the time here (in addition to saying "ya'll", of course xP). Very polite people.
and then realise theyre all yours
First time I felt old was when some kid said something about 'that woman over there', and I thought.. what woman over where? Then I realised he meant me.
When did I stop being a girl? :crying:
First person to reply 'about 15 years ago' is going to feel the full force of my wrath...
When kids call you "mister" in the street.
When you realise that you can remember very clearly things that happened 10 years ago. Especially if they still feel like "new knowledge".
hahaha I know right
that's why I like it better when people think I'm like 15. it's definitely better than calling you "ma'am".
ye, it's sad, things like that make you feel like you're over 40 already.
When some people insist on speaking to you in plural, even if you've asked them not to. (This doesn't apply to English)
that feels weird
I keep finding my little sister's old friends on Facebook and thinking the same thing. "OMG when did you grow up? I haven't gotten any older... have I?
agreed.
hmmm, how to explain...
in some other languages people use plural when speaking to someone older. they basically use totally different form.
it's a polite way of addressing someone. for exaple - pupils have to use that form when addressing their teacher.
but in english it's just "you are" in all cases anyway... you guys basically use the word YOU while talking to your friend OR your teacher/someone older you dont know. It's not like that everywhere though. some languages use a completely different word for "you" when referring to a friend than when saying that to a teacher.
I'm having hard time explaining this.
I'm not even sure I explained it at all?
In a lot of languages, the pronoun "you" has two forms, a formal and an informal. You'd use the formal term when addressing an authority figure, or someone older than you, especially if you don't know them. The formal "you" is often the same word as the plural "you" (you all).
In languages where that's not the case (most, if not all of them, AFAIK) speaking to one person in the plural number is a sign of respect, similar to saying "Mr. Jameson" instead of "Jonah".
When I visited the parents for Christmas I saw a wedding invitation for a kid I used to babysit for!
like vous being used for a plural aswell as formal in french?
Wouldnt you just assume they were using formal rather than plural though?