SuStel:
> An exception—at least in English—would be if person A 
> used an endearment of person B while talking to person C; 
> person C would be justified in repeating the endearment, as > it is in the context of being what person A would say.
> A: choHIvchugh vavoywI' vIja'!
> C: vavoylI' Daja'chugh qaHIvqa'.

However the question remains..

A uses an endearment of person B while talking to person C; person C repeats the endearment.

Is there a possibility that person C, in his effort to recreate what person A would say, is actually showing endearment too toward person B ? Perhaps even if he doesn't want to ?

Of course, in the above "if you attack me" example, context makes it difficult for person C to be actually showing endearment himself toward the father of A.

But what if we didn't have a "negative" example ? What if instead of the {choHIvchugh} we had {choQaHchugh} ? Couldn't it here be possible of an endearment being expressed from C, toward the "daddy" of A ?

qunnoq

On Aug 17, 2017 5:28 PM, "SuStel" <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 8/17/2017 10:13 AM, Lieven wrote:
Am 17.08.2017 um 16:06 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:
Someone says: {vIghro' leghbe' vavoywI'} for "my daddy didn't see the cat". The one who says this sentence, expresses endearment toward her father.

You should, just as me, check KGT again for this topic. As far as I remember, this endearment is only used between the loved ones.

Compare it to the usage in english of adults, where it seems a bit strange when someone would talk of his "daddy" or "mommy". Children would do that, but I would say that may father visited me yesterday, not my daddy - even if I would call him like that.

An exception—at least in English—would be if person A used an endearment of person B while talking to person C; person C would be justified in repeating the endearment, as it is in the context of being what person A would say.

A: choHIvchugh vavoywI' vIja'!

C: vavoylI' Daja'chugh qaHIvqa'.

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