Timeline for When is it acceptable to say 'my son'
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| Dec 19, 2014 at 7:38 | comment | added | phresnel | @ChristopherCreutzig: I am Grenzländer, living by the Netherlands, but I am Rheinländer, too, less than 30 km for the bird from the Rhein :) I must add "junger Mann" is typically said in a humourous, funny way here, but sometimes in a more serious, instructive way, when the elder just caught a younger man in an act of brashness, discourtesy or impoliteness :) The same for "junge Frau", actually. Less polite would be "Fräulein", as it would imply that the woman is not married or not grown up. // It's fun to see our local language from the outside :D | |
| Dec 19, 2014 at 6:29 | comment | added | Christopher Creutzig | @phresnel It depends heavily on the location. „Der Rheinländer nennt jeden ,Jung‘. Außer alte Frauen, die nennt er ,junge Frau‘.“ I assume the same is true in English speaking countries. | |
| Dec 18, 2014 at 11:57 | history | edited | RedSonja | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 18, 2014 at 11:45 | comment | added | phresnel | I (a German in Germany) typically only hear "junger Mann" by older women towards younger men (or to even older men), and "junge Frau" I typically hear from medium to old men towards old women. | |
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| Dec 18, 2014 at 11:27 | history | answered | RedSonja | CC BY-SA 3.0 |