Steven M (remove wax and invalid to reply) wrote:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sptranslators/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Translist/

Thank you for the links.

I'll go there tomorrow..

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Are "Don" and "Doña" still in use in Latin America and among Latins
living in the United States?

I am writing from Spain, where they are still fairly common in
villages and small towns, in official presentations for instance in the
media, at parties to address acquaintances of a certain age or rank.

.... In Chile it would be incorrect to use
"Señor" rather than "Don" followed by Christian name and surname(s).

cantueso wrote:
Are "Don" and "Doña" still in use in Latin America and among Latins
living in the United States?

I am writing from Spain, where they are still fairly common in
villages and small towns, in official presentations for instance in the
media, at parties to address acquaintances of a certain age or rank.

I can't speak for Latin America as a whole, but in Chile "Don" is very
much alive (and I think "Doña" is too, though I'm less certain -- it's
common in the names of shops, but I can't remember how often I've heard
in reference to a person). In Chile it would be incorrect to use
"Señor" rather than "Don" followed by Christian name and surname(s).

athel

From what I have seen in other posts, especially in the groups quoted
by Steven M (Number 2 of this thread) Don and Doñla are used with your

athel_cb@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
cantueso wrote:
Are "Don" and "Doña" still in use in Latin America and among Latins
living in the United States?

I am writing from Spain, where they are still fairly common in
villages and small towns, in official presentations for instance in the
media, at parties to address acquaintances of a certain age or rank.

I can't speak for Latin America as a whole, but in Chile "Don" is very
much alive (and I think "Doña" is too, though I'm less certain -- it's
common in the names of shops, but I can't remember how often I've heard
in reference to a person). In Chile it would be incorrect to use
"Señor" rather than "Don" followed by Christian name and surname(s).

athel


My question was more one of savoir-vivre
(sorry, I am not a native speaker of anything, and I do not know
whether this term exists in English):

athel_cb@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
cantueso wrote:
Are "Don" and "Doña" still in use in Latin America and among Latins
living in the United States?

I am writing from Spain, where they are still fairly common in
villages and small towns, in official presentations for instance in the
media, at parties to address acquaintances of a certain age or rank.

I can't speak for Latin America as a whole, but in Chile "Don" is very
much alive (and I think "Doña" is too, though I'm less certain -- it's
common in the names of shops, but I can't remember how often I've heard
in reference to a person). In Chile it would be incorrect to use
"Señor" rather than "Don" followed by Christian name and surname(s).

athel

From what I have seen in other posts, especially in the groups quoted
by Steven M (Number 2 of this thread) Don and Doñla are used with your
first name only everywhere My question was more one of savoir-vivre
(sorry, I am not a native speaker of anything, and I do not know
whether this term exists in English): whether "Don" and "Doña" are
used mainly to address older people of people of rank, and that seems
to vary very much from one country to the other.

Here (in Spain) Latin Americans are thought to be extremely polite and
even complex in their forms (they are not otherwise thought of as
virtuous at all). I hear some say "usted" even to their parents.

Je 5 Jan 2007 08:17:27 -0800, "cantueso" <cantueso@dieznet.com
skribis:

"Cantueso", This thread has been very rewarding, and as you see it
caused an interesting discussion in the two Yahoo groups.

Thanks for
raising the question.

But how you can you say you're not a native
speaker "of anything" ??

Saludos


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cantueso wrote:
Here (in Spain) Latin Americans are thought to be extremely polite and
even complex in their forms (they are not otherwise thought of as
virtuous at all). I hear some say "usted" even to their parents.

I know a married couple in Chile who address one another as "usted".
However, it's not because of excessive politeness; it's because they
decided that the use of "tu" had gone so far that it was used with
people one had no familiarity with at all, and they wanted something
more special. (They don't use "vos" in Chile).

athel