Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Irina Rempt wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Steg Belsky wrote:
>
> > "Stephen" = me
> > "Mr. Belsky" = my father
> > "Rabbi Belsky" = ¿¿¿???
>
> > So i can just anticipate it feeling at least somewhat disconcerting.
>
> Is your father also "Rabbi Belsky?" In that case I can imagine that
> it's very disconcerting.
<laugh>  At my high school we had a Mr. and Mrs. Byrd, an old couple who
were still teaching (but retired 2 years after I graduated or something
like that).  However, their daughter was also teaching at that school,
and we called her Ms. Byrd (pronouncing it "miss") even though she was
married to Mr. Miliken, *also* a teacher....

If I ever get married, I'm keeping my family name, darnit.  Women do in
Korea (even though Korea isn't exactly the most woman-friendly of
cultures), and I have no desire to have some strange last name tacked
onto my identity.

YHL