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Originally Posted by Slartibartfas
I read that the term that is used in Spanish for the similar mean of "shut up" is far more rude... but I have far too little Spanish knowledge to judge that.
Furthermore I read somewhere that the king uses the informal "you" often.
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It is disrespectful to tell someone to 'shut up' in that way, the king did not even use the formal 'se' (
por qué no se calla) and used the informal "te" (
por qué no te callas). You don't expect to hear that from a third level state diplomat much less from a King

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