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

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 07:14:52 +0200 Irina Rempt <ira@...>
writes:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Steg Belsky wrote:
> > When i began teaching 5th grade
>
> That's the ten- and eleven-year-olds, right?
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yup....almost (but not quite) half my age (they'd have to be a year or
two younger for that).

> > Of course, this will all become oh-so-more-complicated when (iy"H)
> i
> > eventually get through rabbinical school after i finish college.
> :-) .
> Won't you have a title then to call you by, like "rabbi"?
>
>    Irina
>
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Exactly - which would be really weird!
Similar to what The Gray Wizard said,

"Stephen" = me
"Mr. Belsky" = my father
"Rabbi Belsky" = ¿¿¿???

So i can just anticipate it feeling at least somewhat disconcerting.
Something else which seems very strange to me is introducing yourself as
"(title) (lastname)" instead of "(firstname) (lastname)" - i can see
other people doing it, but i can't really see me doing it.

Just to throw another title/name bit of information in here, for some
reason i have a strong aversion to "nameless honorifics" as i call them,
meaning the words "Sir" and "Ma'am".  Other titles (such as "Mister",
"Mrs", "Doctor", "Rabbi", "Professor", etc.), even when used by
themselves (like "Professor, what's going to be on the midterm?") seem to
imply the name that goes along with them ("Professor Bailey"), so that
feels fine to me.  But i can't stand it when other people call me "sir"
(telemarketers seem to like that) even if they're joking.  And i don't
think i've ever used the words "sir" or "ma'am" in my life....they just
feel 'wrong'.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "mai hhazit, dedama didakh sumaq ttefei?"