Jarkas grandmother addresses both of her granddaughters in the informal second person, as you, but addresses her own son and daughter in the third person, a form which is becoming old-fashioned. Jarkas grandfather calls his children you, but his son calls him sir. The son addresses his own sister in the third person, but talks to his mother informally as you Would my daughter come over here... Has my son served himself some cake yet? says Jarka, imitating her grandmother. And no one knows where this confusion comes form , she tells Šárka. Gottland, Mariusz Szczygieł amazon/Gottland-Mostly-True-Stories-Czechoslovakia/dp/1612193137
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