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Topic	Who the hell decided that being called by our last name was "polite"
epik_fail1 05/05/24 11:19:03 AM #10:	tankboy posted... Title plus last name is more polite because it is more indirect. You are not presuming that you are close enough to use their "real" name. Meanwhile, my wife hates casually using just last name (no title) for close friends. She thinks it sounds prep school, especially for women. I mean. The last name is also the "real name", a family name. It seems more intrusive to me --- Why an I still on this website? <cite>epik_fail1 posted [p:980250465] in Who the he... [t:80762749]...</cite> <quote>tankboy posted... </cite><quote>Title plus last name is more polite because it is more indirect. You are not presuming that you are close enough to use their "real" name. Meanwhile, my wife hates casually using just last name (no title) for close friends. She thinks it sounds prep school, especially for women.</quote>I mean. The last name is also the "real name", a family name. It seems more intrusive to me --- Why an I still on this website?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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