"A tourist office in a Bavarian village plans to offer German-speaking visitors the choice of being addressed by the formal 'Sie' or the informal 'du' form. Tourists can vote with their feet by going to the right counter. Is this a sign that the language's rigid rules on the matter are starting to be relaxed?" Sure, why the hell not.
Und dann habe ich 'Schliess Registerkarte' angeklickt.
Wie drollig.
Your "Sure, why the hell not"s get me every time.
@whizzard Right?! Can't understand how these haven't been appropriated by the NYMag.com blogs yet.
In typical Bavarian fashion, their way of speaking will continue to baffle.
Well at least they're not Austrian.
I'm kind of surprised there aren't three counters ("du," "Sie," "die Herrschaften").