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The highest form is the ''familial'', which is used between parents and their pups and between litter mates. Some groups of very good friends may use familial pronouns among themselves, but this is not universal. It usually occurs when friends meet as pups and stay close into adulthood.

It's very important to note that obligation is seen as a reciprocal relationship. Addressing someone with familial pronouns doesn't jsut mean ~~ΓÇ£I~~ think of you as ~~familyΓÇ¥~~ but also ~~ΓÇ£I~~ expect you to treat me like ~~familyΓÇ¥~~. Using more familiar pronouns when a less familiar form is expected is often seen as rude or even vulgar in some contexts, especially when a customer addresses an employee, or when employees of a business address one another. It's seen as burdening the listener with unwelcome obligations or implying a level of closeness that hasn't yet been earned.

It's very important to note that obligation is seen as a reciprocal relationship. Addressing someone with familial pronouns doesn't jsut mean "I think of you as family" but also "I expect you to treat me like family". Using more familiar pronouns when a less familiar form is expected is often seen as rude or even vulgar in some contexts, especially when a customer addresses an employee, or when employees of a business address one another. It's seen as burdening the listener with unwelcome obligations or implying a level of closeness that hasn't yet been earned.

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= Expressing similes =

<code>mlem</code> /short low strong grunt; overlong peaking strengthening grunt/ means ''likeness'' or ''image'' or ~~ΓÇ£something~~ similar to something ~~elseΓÇ¥~~. To express similes, you follow a noun phrase with <code>g mlem</code> eg <code>mrBqqb g mlem</code> literally ~~ΓÇ£healer likenessΓÇ¥~~ means ~~ΓÇ£like~~ a ~~healerΓÇ¥~~.

<code>mlem</code> /short low strong grunt; overlong peaking strengthening grunt/ means ''likeness'' or ''image'' or "something similar to something else". To express similes, you follow a noun phrase with <code>g mlem</code> eg <code>mrBqqb g mlem</code> literally "healer likeness" means "like a healer".

To say ~~ΓÇ£X~~ is like ~~YΓÇ¥~~ you use the copula <code>sb</code>, which per an earlier post is actually transitive. It means that the actor is among the set of entities denoted by the object.

To say "X is like Y" you use the copula <code>sb</code>, which per an earlier post is actually transitive. It means that the actor is among the set of entities denoted by the object.

<pre>mqgrrgsdq sb rgugq g mlem

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opinion-PL COP-ACT cloaca-PL ATT likeness

Opinions are like Cloacas.</pre>

<code>g mlem</code> may have fossilized into a postpositive that can be appended to whole sentences and not just noun phrases to simply mean ~~ΓÇ£likeΓÇ¥~~

<code>g mlem</code> may have fossilized into a postpositive that can be appended to whole sentences and not just noun phrases to simply mean "like".

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 The highest form is the ''familial'', which is used between parents and their pups and between litter mates. Some groups of very good friends may use familial pronouns among themselves, but this is not universal. It usually occurs when friends meet as pups and stay close into adulthood.
-It's very important to note that obligation is seen as a reciprocal relationship. Addressing someone with familial pronouns doesn't jsut mean ΓÇ£I think of you as familyΓÇ¥ but also ΓÇ£I expect you to treat me like familyΓÇ¥. Using more familiar pronouns when a less familiar form is expected is often seen as rude or even vulgar in some contexts, especially when a customer addresses an employee, or when employees of a business address one another. It's seen as burdening the listener with unwelcome obligations or implying a level of closeness that hasn't yet been earned.
+It's very important to note that obligation is seen as a reciprocal relationship. Addressing someone with familial pronouns doesn't jsut mean "I think of you as family" but also "I expect you to treat me like family". Using more familiar pronouns when a less familiar form is expected is often seen as rude or even vulgar in some contexts, especially when a customer addresses an employee, or when employees of a business address one another. It's seen as burdening the listener with unwelcome obligations or implying a level of closeness that hasn't yet been earned.
 <span id="personal-pronouns"></span>
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 = Expressing similes =
-<code>mlem</code> /short low strong grunt; overlong peaking strengthening grunt/ means ''likeness'' or ''image'' or ΓÇ£something similar to something elseΓÇ¥. To express similes, you follow a noun phrase with <code>g mlem</code> eg <code>mrBqqb g mlem</code> literally ΓÇ£healer likenessΓÇ¥ means ΓÇ£like a healerΓÇ¥.
+<code>mlem</code> /short low strong grunt; overlong peaking strengthening grunt/ means ''likeness'' or ''image'' or "something similar to something else". To express similes, you follow a noun phrase with <code>g mlem</code> eg <code>mrBqqb g mlem</code> literally "healer likeness" means "like a healer".
-To say ΓÇ£X is like YΓÇ¥ you use the copula <code>sb</code>, which per an earlier post is actually transitive. It means that the actor is among the set of entities denoted by the object.
+To say "X is like Y" you use the copula <code>sb</code>, which per an earlier post is actually transitive. It means that the actor is among the set of entities denoted by the object.
 <pre>mqgrrgsdq sb rgugq g mlem
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 opinion-PL COP-ACT cloaca-PL ATT likeness
 Opinions are like Cloacas.</pre>
-<code>g mlem</code> may have fossilized into a postpositive that can be appended to whole sentences and not just noun phrases to simply mean ΓÇ£likeΓÇ¥
+<code>g mlem</code> may have fossilized into a postpositive that can be appended to whole sentences and not just noun phrases to simply mean "like".
 <span id="more-uses-for-the-attributive-postposition"></span>

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