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submitted 4 months ago by REgon@hexbear.net to c/anime@hexbear.net

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[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Vaguely relatedly, in Finnish, the words setä (uncle) and täti (aunt) are used in children's talk to refer to unfamiliar adult men and women

Same thing in Russian/Ukrainian.

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

I wonder if this some specifically Eastern European thing. I'm pretty sure languages like German or Swedish just use their local equivalents of man/mister or lady

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

IIRC, many Asian languages also have this thing, although I don't remember which ones specificially.

[-] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

well, Swedish children talk uses "tant" (lady) or "fröken" (miss) for women but "farbror" (paternal uncle) for men so it's probably random for every language

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

It doesn't surprise me the same convention is also used in Swedish since we share so much history and culture. It's interesting you still use "miss." Like 60 years ago even children would've used words like herra (mister/sir) rouva (mrs.) or neiti (miss) but those kinds of honorifics have basically disappeared entirely

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