This injunction sounds politically incorrect since we are asked to be at peace with everything and everyone from an early age. By saying this, I’m not telling you to cultivate hatred within your heart, but it’s another way of saying that you need to have values for which you stand and you shouldn’t compromise when those values are at risk…
+Day: 15 October 2018
Why Do We Need “Vous” In English Too?
“Vous” is a formal way to talk to people in French, it basically helps putting in some degree of distance as a sign of respect. Something that we aren’t all aware of, is that it is also a sign, a way to protect ourselves from an intrusion into our own “mental space”. Indeed, when you say “vous” to someone, you…
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