Re: "Madam"/"Madame" Chair/man/person (was: Umlauts)
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 15:15 |
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--- John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> BTW, how do French people know whether "M. Foo"
> is title+surname or
> initial+surname? I've always wondered that.
Context? The formality of the situation (is
everyone being addressed with Monsieur/Madame or
not); or is it simply a list of names being
called out. Surely there must be some ambiguous
situations, but I bet they're rare.
Padraic.
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