Re: Vocative Capitalization.

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> >In Sweden it's completely out of style, not a lot of people or

official

> >writings use it.
>
> Thanx, Harald. 'S what I thought. While "ni" is no longer in strong
> use in Sweden, it is used in China. I propose that at some stage,
> Proto-Swedes (who called themselves Cimmerians) travelled from their
> Scandinavian homeland straight to China via the Caucasus. There,
> they made a whole bunch of official documents causing people to

adopt

> "ni" in China (and that's where those red-head mummies come from...
> they were Swedish Cimmerians! It's obvious!) :P The truth exposed at
> last! Carry on.
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That is a very interesting theory.
But why this sudden interest in polite terms of address? Not that I'm
complaining, mind you ;-)

Torsten