doctor/professor/etc

[Dennis R. Preston]

My grad students used to call me "Dennis" (they couldn't pronounce
/dInIs/, at least most of them); now they call me:"Grampaw." I feel
like the Rodney Dangerfield of linguistics.

dInIs





>On Sat, 14 May 2005, Patti J. Kurtz wrote:
>
>>I do this with my undergrads, too-- esp. upper level students.  Freshmen
>>I give the choice of first name or "Dr. Kurtz."  Funny, though, how even
>>though I never give 'em this choice, I often get "Mrs. Kurtz."  Maybe
>>it's because they're fresh out of high school and used to that as a
>>honorific title for their teachers.   But I wonder if the male profs get
>>"Mr." or "Dr." more often.
>
>Oh, almost all my undergraduate students call me "Mrs. Dumas" - esp. in
>email.
>
>Bethany


--
Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
Fax: (517) 432-2736
preston at msu.edu