My contributions tend to go a bit deeper ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
The way of adressing people in Germany consists of "du" and "Sie".
However, the "Sie" is more formal, whereas the "du" is more like the allmost-extinct "thou", known from Shakespearean English. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
