And yes, it is the right word. Although we would rarely use it like that, actually (I am only now realising). Hmmm. It is strange how everything becomes interesting and worth looking into when there is stuff I have to do.
We rarely use the equivalent word like that either (except as a joke, or as a private joke between child and parent). It's the kind of word we'll use when talking of them out of their presence, but almost never to address them/her. That's not as true of the French though (socially we deal with our respective children quite differently)
Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
30/11/2011 12:27:32 AM
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I saw an interview with Eco recently
30/11/2011 12:41:04 PM
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I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino.
30/11/2011 06:48:01 PM
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Re: I have to agree with him - either this or Baudolino.
01/12/2011 08:37:39 AM
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I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino.
01/12/2011 09:05:50 PM
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Odd
01/12/2011 11:16:10 PM
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Or because you're old. *NM*
02/12/2011 08:29:32 AM
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Only 8 years or so older than you
02/12/2011 08:41:48 AM
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Re: Only 8 years or so older than you
02/12/2011 08:43:13 AM
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13, and what's your point? *NM*
02/12/2011 07:30:30 PM
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02/12/2011 07:32:15 PM
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Doesn't work that way
02/12/2011 07:34:03 PM
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Error
02/12/2011 07:41:52 PM
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I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old"
02/12/2011 11:28:26 PM
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Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old"
02/12/2011 11:29:23 PM
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I wonder if that'd lead to people carding you when you want to check out books from the library
03/12/2011 12:36:40 AM
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Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old"
03/12/2011 07:43:59 AM
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Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old"
03/12/2011 08:29:05 AM
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Re: I vehemently oppose your calling Larry "old"
05/12/2011 01:03:10 AM
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I think at that time American comics were indeed relatively well-known in Europe.
02/12/2011 07:34:15 PM
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Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics
02/12/2011 07:36:51 PM
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Re: Don't forget the fascist-friendly elements of several of those American comics
02/12/2011 11:21:36 PM
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Re: I found his pop culture in Loana obscurer than the legends in Baudolino.
02/12/2011 08:30:44 AM
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I'm considering reviewing all of his books over the next month or two
01/12/2011 02:06:35 PM
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