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What seemed weird when I visited your country
dr. nervioso:
When I lived in Miami, all of the students would generally refer to the teacher as "miss" no surname, which I had always used
And another cultural difference I found in the Midwest when I made my glorious return was the ubiquitous use of the phrase "You're fine" whenever domeine made a blunder of some sort. It really creeped me out at first.
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Loki:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 04 Jun 2014, 14:30 ---Plus there are cultures (Akima, is this the case in China?) where using aunt or uncle is a sign of respect.
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In Russia, at least when I was young, (Aunt/Uncle + given name) was the polite (ie usual) way for children to address an older friend of the family (e.g. a friend of your mother or a neighbor who'd let you play on their lap).
Masterpiece:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 04 Jun 2014, 14:20 ---Baba is Russian for Grandma.
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Baba is Turkish for father. Same as Papa in German.
Masterpiece:
My brain made a weird jump when I wrote that post - it's now stuck on "Musique Non Stop" by Kraftwerk, just because of the "Papaaaa papapaaa tick" in the intro:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZdvObu5G8
Mlle Germain:
--- Quote from: dr. nervioso on 04 Jun 2014, 14:42 ---When I lived in Miami, all of the students would generally refer to the teacher as "miss" no surname, which I had always used
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Also if the teacher is a man?
I have never called anyone apart from my parents (Mama&Papa) and my grandparents (Oma&Opa, which are the German versions of Grandma/Grandpa) by their "family title" - I mean their relation to me. I call my aunts and uncles just by their first names. But my second cousins (not sure if that's the right word; I mean my cousin's children) call my mum and dad, i.e. their great-aunt and great-uncle "Aunt *MyMumsFirstName*" and "Uncle *MyDadsFirstName*" and name their other aunts and uncles and grandparents in a similar fashion. However, they do not call me "Cousin ..." but just my name. I think in Germany most children use Aunt and Uncle just for their actual relatives, if at all.
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