Talk:Pronoun avoidance
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Did you know nomination
[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that in Indonesian, a language featuring pronoun avoidance, a common polite way to address someone else is "father" or "mother", not "you"? Source: "If the addressee is either an adult male or an adult female with a higher social status you is translated using second person familiar form bapak or ibu in which they mean father, mother respectively in kinship terms"
- Reviewed: Medardo Mairena
Created by Jpatokal (talk). Self-nominated at 08:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC).
Date and length fine. However @Jpatokal: I am uncomfortable using a blog as the inline citation. Can another source be found for the claim please. QPQ done with no close paraphrasing. Please ping me when the source has been changed to a more reputable one and I will come back and recheck. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:40, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- @The C of E: Reference updated, in article as well. Also tweaked hook from "most common" to "a common" since the new source doesn't explicitly say it's the most common way. Jpatokal (talk) 09:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Much better, good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 20:05, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- @The C of E: Reference updated, in article as well. Also tweaked hook from "most common" to "a common" since the new source doesn't explicitly say it's the most common way. Jpatokal (talk) 09:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
