title use in academic settings

[Cynthia Dunn]

Here's another annecdote involving cross-cultural title adjustment.  I
recall my parents talking about an international conference involving both
American and German astrophysicisits (this was about 20 years ago).  At that
time it was common for American academics to use mutual FN.  When the
Germans spoke in German to each other, they used Title + LN, but when they
spoke English, they used FN for everyone-- including other Germans.


Cyndi Dunn
Department of Soc-Anth-Crim
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls IA 50614-0513
Cyndi.Dunn at uni.edu