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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk06:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that in Indonesian, a language featuring pronoun avoidance, a common polite way to address someone else is "father" or "mother", not "you"? Source: "If the addressee is either an adult male or an adult female with a higher social status you is translated using second person familiar form bapak or ibu in which they mean father, mother respectively in kinship terms"

Created by Jpatokal (talk). Self-nominated at 08:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@The C of E: Reference updated, in article as well. Also tweaked hook from "most common" to "a common" since the new source doesn't explicitly say it's the most common way. Jpatokal (talk) 09:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Much better, good to go. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 20:05, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]