Ah, I see, I understand better now. Thanks for the info on the more local status of the formal/informal; it's different than it is here in Russia, where at lea

Ah, I see, I understand better now. Thanks for the info on the more local status of the formal/informal; it's different than it is here in Russia, where at least my colleagues and friends put emphasis on it, even if the form is the only formal thing about what they're saying. (My colleagues will get into pretty rude talk with our boss, for example, but it's always Вы with him even if they're talking about getting smashed and picking up girls for the weekend).