Question about usage of names and social convention

[irina.dolgova at YALE.EDU]

I believe that the textbook meant to say "by patronymical name" - Vladimir
Vladimirovich instead of Gospodin "X", or Maria Petrovna instead of Prof. X.

Irina


> A book I am using says: "Unlike in English, it is customary in
>  >>Russian to address an interlocutor by name on a regular basis in
>  >>normal or formal conversation."

> The book is:
> "Russian Stage One, Live From Russia" , second edition, by Maria D. 
> Lekic, Dan E. Davidson and Kira S. Gor
>
> The quote is from Unit 3, page 215.
>
> Nola
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Svetlana Grenier
>  To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:09 PM
>  Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Question about usage of names and social convention
>
>
>  Sarah Hurst wrote:
>
>  >Very true! I and other people I know who have encountered this all say they
>  >find it rude rather than friendly. At my local Wells Fargo we are supposed
>  >to give the cashier a marble in their jar as a reward every time they say
>  >our names. I can't stand salespeople who don't know me using my name. Why
>  >haven't they cottoned on yet that this is obnoxious?
>  >
>  >
>  Do you mean calling you by first name (which it usually is with
>  salespeople)?  Extremely obnoxious!  I wonder, if they called one by
>  Mr/Mrs and last name, would that make things better? I can't remember a
>  case of that though.
>
>  Nola wrote:
>
>  >>A book I am using says: "Unlike in English, it is customary in
>  >>Russian to address an interlocutor by name on a regular basis in
>  >>normal or formal conversation."
>  >>
>  >>
>  This phrasing suggests the book is referring to repeating the
>  interlocutor's name when addressing him/her, but my unscientific
>  observation (to quote one of the previous posts)  is that the book just
>  made it up!  What book is it, anyway?
>
>  Best,
>  Svetlana
>
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>  Svetlana S. Grenier
>
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>  Department of Slavic Languages
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