Question about usage of names and social convention

[Alina Israeli]

I just wrote in an e-mail "chelovek" referring to myself. I wrote: Chto 
znachit chelovek privyk k metaforam.

Steven Clancy once did a study of the word "guy" in American English. 
Chelovek and "rebjata" are waiting for their researcher.

AI

Ivo Romein wrote:
> In my experience, too, the third person is often referred to as <chelovek>, but only in short, exclamation-like sentences.
> - <chelovek khotsjet znat'!>
> - <dai cheloveku kushat'!>
> et cetera.
>
>
>   

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