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The T–V distinction (from the Latin pronouns tu and vos) is a contrast, within one language, between various forms of addressing one's conversation partner or partners. This may be specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance , courtesy, familiarity, age or insult toward the addressee.
The T–V distinction is the contextual use of different pronouns that exists in some languages and serves to convey formality or familiarity. Its name comes from the Latin pronouns tu and vos . The distinction takes a number of forms and indicates varying levels of politeness, familiarity , courtesy, age or even insult toward the addressee.
An Act to ascertain the Weight of Trusses of Straw, and to punish Deceits in the Sale of Hay and Straw in Trusses, in London and within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, and within the Distance of Thirty Miles thereof; and to prevent common Salesmen of Hay and Straw from buying the same on their own Account, to sell again; and also to restrain ...
En (autonym: aiɲ 53 or eɲ 33ʔ, [4] also known as Nùng Vẻn) is a Kra language spoken in Vietnam. Before its discovery in 1998, En language was undistinguished from Nùng, which is a Central Tai language closely related to Zhuang. In the late 1990s, Vietnamese linguist Hoàng Văn Ma had first recognized that it was not a Tai language ...
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter V. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
An Act for confirming and establishing an Exchange of Tithes, Cottages, and Lands, for a Messuage, Farms, Lands, and Common of Pasture, in Steeple Aston, in the County of Oxford, pursuant to an Agreement between the Principal and Scholars of King's Hall and College of Brazen Nose in Oxford, John Eaton Clerk, and Francis Page Esquire; and also ...
-hay (also hays, hayes, etc.) is a place-name word-ending common in England. It derives from the Old English word hege [ 1 ] or haga , [ 2 ] Middle English heie , [ 3 ] in Icelandic hagi , [ 2 ] meaning "an enclosed field", and is from the same root as the English word " hedge ", a structure which surrounds and encloses an area of land, [ 4 ...
An Act for allowing further time to persons in offices or employments to qualify themselves pursuant to an act entitled "An Act to prevent the further growth of Popery." [d] (Repealed by Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 24))