Vocative
61Proto-Germanic language — Proto Germanic Spoken in Northern Europe Extinct evolved into Proto Norse, Gothic, Frankish and Ingvaeonic by the 4th century Language family Indo European …
62Malayalam grammar — Malayalam is one of the Dravidian languages and as such has an agglutinative grammar. The word order is generally subject–object–verb, although other orders are often employed for reasons such as emphasis. Nouns are inflected for case and number …
63dear — This has been one of the commonest terms of address in English since the thirteenth century. In a count of fifty novels dealing with fairly contemporary life, ‘dear’ used on its own as a friendly term occurred 243 times. There were a further… …
64my — This is frequently used as the opening word of an intimate or friendly vocative expression. When used as part of a true endearment to someone with whom the speaker is emotionally involved, ‘my’ appears to have its full possessive meaning. The… …
65you + nominal group — The commonest use of ‘you’ in vocative expressions is as an introductory word, followed by a nominal group. Such vocatives tend to be insulting, or reproachful, or mockingly so. At their simplest they are two word expressions such as ‘you… …
66Hare Krishna — The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra ( Great Mantra ), is a sixteen word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare… …
67Proto-Germanic — Infobox Language name=Proto Germanic nativename= pronunciation= region=Northern Europe extinct=evolved into Proto Norse, Gothic, Frankish and Ingvaeonic by the 4th century familycolor=Indo European fam2=Germanic script=Elder Futhark iso2=gem 750… …
68Hare Krishna (mantra) — Maha mantra Mahamantra in Bengali script The Hare Krishna …
69first name — In the English speaking world at the present time, first names are by far the most commonly used term of address. This was by no means always the case. Until the early part of the twentieth century men who had been friends or colleagues for a… …
70sir — From a historical point of view, ‘sir’ is a shortened form of ‘sire’, arising from the unstressed pronunciation of that word when placed before a man’s name to indicate that he was a baronet or a knight. Modern holders of those ranks are still …
