> The "default language register" in German is typically "one register more formal" than the "default language register" in English. Fun offtopic fact: The def

> The "default language register" in German is typically "one register more formal" than the "default language register" in English. Fun offtopic fact: The default register in English is actually more formal than most people realise. English had "thou" as the informal second person, and "you" as the more formal variant, but "thou" died out, leaving only the formal register. Curiously enough, Brazilian Portuguese underwent the exact same phenomenon, so they use "você" informally, whereas European Portuguese uses it as the formal second person.