Nicola wrote: <Or for those you outrank, have authority over, or feel contempt for. I can't see Avon using the formal you with Vila for example. (And Vila would use the familiar with all the crew to be friendly or to tease.)> snip <What do native speakers of such a language think?>

I'm not a native speaker, but I can see Avon having a lot of trouble working out what to call Blake, what with what he thinks of the man, what he wants to think of the man, what he wants the man to think he thinks ...

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