Erm, bad Spanish? And since this already happens in many post-colonial and
colonizing cultures... (not bad Spanish, I mean, the "tu" form as a mark of
active disrespect to adults by people in power), can't be sf, right?
Heather
=)
At 10:36 AM 9/23/97 -0900, you wrote:
>I just had a marvelous idea for part of a science fiction story. You have
>a culture with two forms of address. One is used for adults, especially
>in a professional context. The other is used for children, dogs,
>inferiors, and descendants of former slaves. A person - probably a Silent
>Generation equivalent - is reared hearing the respectful form used to
>everyone except children like hers - and comes of age in a world where
>she is constantly addressed by the contemptuous form even in the most
>professional of circumstances. i.e. "Hablas tu, Pattikins, why do you
>want to be on the Supreme Court?"
>
>For 50 brownie points or more - what is wrong with this *strictly as a
>Science Fiction* idea?
>
>Patricia (Pat) Mathews
>mathews@unm.edu
>
>
hmaclean@kent.edu
http://kent.edu/~hmaclean
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