Re: [tied] Re: Formal and Informal 2nd Person

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 2988
Date: 2000-08-06

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey S. Jones
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Formal and Informal 2nd Person

>>You can call a person "Mr (William) Fowler", "William" or "Bill", but
not "Mr William".

>In English, under certain conditions, he might be addressed as
"Fowler".
In Polish too, under similar conditions.
 
Piotr