@staticmethod
def isHonorific(surfaceForm: str) ->bool:
    """
        The isHonorific method takes a String surfaceForm as an input and after converting it to lower case it returns
        true if it equals to "bay" or "bayan", false otherwise.

        PARAMETERS
        ----------
        surfaceForm : str
            String input to check.

        RETURNS
        -------
        bool
            true if it equals to "bay" or "bayan", false otherwise.
        """
    lowerCase = surfaceForm.lower()
    return lowerCase == 'bay' or lowerCase == 'bayan'
