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Григорий Клюшников

Coming from Russian (you do speak it too, right?) it's always interesting to see what the convention is in different languages. I'm used to UIs addressing me formally (Вы == Sie) because everyone's been doing that since forever. But then in Spanish it's "tu", everywhere. German translation in Smithereen is also using "du".

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Thaal Sinestro

@grishka
From my Russian friends, I gather the informal is relatively rarely used.

Григорий Клюшников

Thaal Sinestro, kinda yes, generally "ты" is only used with people around your age and younger (except when someone is serving you, then it's "Вы" regardless), your friends (and their friends), your relatives... It's complicated and I don't think there are formal rules on that. Some staff in some trendy coffee shops would sometimes use "ты" with their customers but I personally find that a bit cringy.

Thaal Sinestro

@grishka
That was my understanding. Not entirely unlike the rules for "vous" and "tu" in French ... thank you for your response.

Deuchnord

@grishka @Gargron in French, the apps normally use the formal form « vous »

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