doctor/professor/etc

[Patti J. Kurtz]

Almost as bad as two of my students this term calling me "Mama" I asked
them if I could claim them on my taxes, then.

preston at MSU.EDU wrote:

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>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.
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>>On Sat, 14 May 2005, Patti J. Kurtz wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>Oh, almost all my undergraduate students call me "Mrs. Dumas" - esp. in
>>email.
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>>Bethany
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>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
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>preston at msu.edu
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