I have been reminded of the existence of the term "queerplatonic partnership." That's my take on Fredersdorf/Fritz, if you ask me to speculate beyond my more methodologically rigorous "totally agnostic" answer.
Okay, so something I've been wondering about, and hoping you might know. I've seen Fredersdorf described as one of "two or three people" that Fritz used du/tu with. (Fredersdorf, always appearing on these shortlists. ;) ) Who on earth are the others, do you know? Admittedly, I haven't done a comprehensive elimination of all Fritz's correspondents, but I looked at what to me were the most obvious candidates, and couldn't find another example. He's vousing everyone I can find! (It actually made me wonder if he had a different visceral reaction to "du" than "tu", in the same way that profanity often doesn't strike you as nearly as offensive in your non-native language.)
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I have been reminded of the existence of the term "queerplatonic partnership." That's my take on Fredersdorf/Fritz, if you ask me to speculate beyond my more methodologically rigorous "totally agnostic" answer.
Okay, so something I've been wondering about, and hoping you might know. I've seen Fredersdorf described as one of "two or three people" that Fritz used du/tu with. (Fredersdorf, always appearing on these shortlists. ;) ) Who on earth are the others, do you know? Admittedly, I haven't done a comprehensive elimination of all Fritz's correspondents, but I looked at what to me were the most obvious candidates, and couldn't find another example. He's vousing everyone I can find! (It actually made me wonder if he had a different visceral reaction to "du" than "tu", in the same way that profanity often doesn't strike you as nearly as offensive in your non-native language.)