From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 1 2: 5:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECCAB37B408; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 02:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 470D914C2E; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:05:12 +0100 (CET) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Kris Kirby Cc: Nate Williams , , Gordon Tetlow , Subject: Re: rc.d patch to test out References: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 01 Nov 2001 11:05:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Kris Kirby writes: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Nate Williams wrote: > > Not where I'm from. It's considered as normal as using someone's first > > name, and in other cultures using a first name is actually rude. > IIRC, the French do this, no? It's considered formal and a bit cold, bordering on condescending. The only occasion where I find it normal (and non-offensive) to call people by their last name is when calling out a roster or a waiting list. Things are slightly different in Norway, where last-name-only used to be the polite form of address until some time after the war. Doctors still tend to address you by your last name to maintain professional distance and deference to their patients. Apart from that (and the "calling out a roster" situation) everybody's on a first-name basis. DES (prefers DES in most circumstances) -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message