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

>Calling someone 'Mister Smith' is too formal, but 'Bob' is too casual.
> >There is really nothing left inbetween.

But don't we English speakers sometimes refer to people by their last name
without "Mister"? Try watching the old Star Trek sometimes. It's done there:
"Spock", "Sulu", "Chekov"... Of course, sometimes the "Mister" is there but
oftentimes it isn't. There _is_ an inbetween.

>Pan Peter? Oh, the jokes you can make, Piotr Pan!

Will you never grow up? ;)

- gLeN
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