Comment by anthk

5 days ago

Don it's very outdated unless you address a very important person.

Don is especially susceptible to huge regional differences. It's as GP described in Honduras and I think as you described in Spain.

I agree it's more likely to be used by older generations but it's not uncommon to hear it around either, especially when addressing or refering to elders

  • Well, corporation addressing clients would use señor/señora but between older/middle aged men. For anyone under 40 it looks a bit old-fashioned. They would just switch to an 'usted/ustedes' person (formal you/yall, for HN speakers) and no one will feel like they were in 1960.

    And even with that, people under 35 will just stay at the informal (normal you) "tu" case.