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

John Cowan:
> Roger Mills wrote:
>
> > Rant dept:  Sometimes we carry this firstname stuff too far.  I resent being
> > addressed as Roger by bank tellers, telemarketers and others of that ilk
> > with whom I have no other social interaction.
>
> And I (age 41) feel rather uncomfortable being addressed as "Mr. Cowan" by
> anybody.  Firstnaming is universal in my profession, to be sure.
But how would you feel if nobody called you John, everybody using, say, "Jack"
or "Woldy"? Then the bank tellers, telemarketers and trying-to-be-clever
internet sites would call you John & nobody else would. Anybody who knew you
would call you Jack/Woldy, & people who didn't presume to know you wd call
you Mr Cowan, while people who presume to know you but don't wd call you
John.

--Dr Rosta. ["Andrew" to bank tellers, telemarketers and trying-to-be-clever
internet sites.]