Question about usage of names and social convention

[Vera Beljakova]

I understand it to mean that it is polite and customary to address the person by name
to whom one is speaking.  It is polite because it makes that person feel more
special.

Vera Beljakova
Johannesburg

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------