Please reread my common. I said in my region, western austria, we use the formal you less than the rest of the German speaking world does.

Like I said, I’m in Austria

Haha close, 950 commuting down to 600. But it’s the same down there in the city. Most of my social contacts as well as my work are there, anyway!

The former is what I used to think, but I’ve been noticing she does it in one-on-one conversation as well, and as far as I can tell, that’s the case for everyone. Also, in written assignments, in the beginning, it would be, for example, ‘schreibe […]’ and is now ‘escrivez […]’

It’s also a uni class, so not all students are younger than the teacher.

I’m in Austria speaking German and I’m learning French. Our rules for ‘du’ are very different from the ones in Germany though, and vary wildly regionally- from using ‘Sie’ for your drinking buddies to using ‘du’ for authority figures. From what I gather in this thread, the rules in Germany and France are similar?

How about in a uni class? My teacher uses ‘vous’ and ‘du’. That’s what prompted the question!

I could answer my own question, actually!

For reference, I’m in western austria, speaking German. The class I’m taking is A2 French.

My region is pretty different from most of the German speaking ‘world’. We use the formal you much less. The informal one is more or less th default, except:

You’re in secondary school. The teachers will use the informal one for students and the students have to use the formal one for most teachers. In high school, students can technically request that teachers use the formal you for them, but nobody does. I teach night school, and nobody used the formal you. Most of my students are very roughly around my age.

You’re seeing a doctor you don’t repeatedly go to, e.g. at the hospital. We use informal you for the specialists and GPs we see regularly, unless they’re ~60+.

You’re a bachelor’s student. Formal you for both students and professors. Unless the teacher is a masters or PhD student, then informal you both ways. Masters and PhD students tend to use informal you with professors and vice versa, but some professors will be the exception and there will be formal you both ways.

Court. Formal you, except between a lawyer and their client.

Some stuffy, old fashioned workplaces use formal you, but only between boss and employees, very very rarely between employees. If it’s some higher level management person you don’t usually work with, it’s more likely you’ll use formal you both ways.

Super specific, but 80+ year old people who’ve never lived outside a city will want kids to use formal you for them, but they’ll use the informal one for the kids.

German tourists. We’re aware that informal you is more common in Germany, and try to me courteous. Except those of us who hate tourists, lol.

That’s all the exceptions I can think of! For everyone else, including strangers (e.g. when asking for directions, cashiers, waiters, etc.) we use the informal one!

Exactly, and at that point, does it make sense to consider that person the same as the one from the new testament?

I think a big point of contention in the debate is that people say ‘Jesus was(n’t) real’ without clarifying whether they mean the former or the latter bit of your comment. I have a hunch there’d be more agreement if everyone was more clear. Thanks for the helpful comment!

Should combine that with brown lentil Bolognese. That’s my (also vegan btw) poop-even-better-than-usual food.

I have such a large condiment collection I have to drink my alcohol warm bc it won’t fit in the fridge