Comments on: Oh Thou, Where Art Thou? http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2010/01/28/oh-thou-where-art-thou/ Beyond Words explores our experiences with language, culture, and the world through our day-to-day interactions. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:11:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Ernest http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2010/01/28/oh-thou-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Mike Ernest Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:38:39 +0000 http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/?p=3960#comment-1133 I am an American Sign Language Interpreter, obviously working in a visual, gestural language. In ASL, the rule for familiar and formal follows the same linguistic rule. Familiar or intimate "You" is signed with the index finger and a more formal "you" is signed with an extended full hand, palm up. We call it the honorific "You". We students of ASL like to point out that the language in which we work shares linguistic similarities with spoken languages, with the difference being modality. I am an American Sign Language Interpreter, obviously working in a visual, gestural language. In ASL, the rule for familiar and formal follows the same linguistic rule. Familiar or intimate “You” is signed with the index finger and a more formal “you” is signed with an extended full hand, palm up. We call it the honorific “You”.

We students of ASL like to point out that the language in which we work shares linguistic similarities with spoken languages, with the difference being modality.

]]> By: Manny http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2010/01/28/oh-thou-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Manny Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:21:20 +0000 http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/?p=3960#comment-1083 Thank you, Andrew. You're right; appreciate you catching the typo, and thanks for reading! Thank you, Andrew. You’re right; appreciate you catching the typo, and thanks for reading!

]]> By: Andrew `10 http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2010/01/28/oh-thou-where-art-thou/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Andrew `10 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:45:34 +0000 http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/?p=3960#comment-1082 I think you're mixed up. The Latin is Tu and Vos. Vous is French. My Russian professors used to have us err on the side of caution and always go with the formal, vy. That worked for a while until I accidentally used it on a close Ukrainian friend who felt hurt for days. I think you’re mixed up. The Latin is Tu and Vos. Vous is French.

My Russian professors used to have us err on the side of caution and always go with the formal, vy. That worked for a while until I accidentally used it on a close Ukrainian friend who felt hurt for days.

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