@ClarkHat @St_Rev @mr_archenemy "oh, don't call me sir, it makes me feel old" *tries to remember, feels disrespectful anyway*
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Replying to @popelizbet
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy NE has anti-egalitarian culture. I'll say "sir" when in uniform, to a superior but not otherwise2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy ...which connects oddly w not using first names. Thesis: much smaller namespace of hierarchy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy NE has, at most, 3 tiers: 1) aged / priests / high office 2) normal people 3) children2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy South has MANY more tiers. Almost Japanese...as I think was said.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy my dad hasn't been a judge in a decade; older friends esp. will still say "How's the judge?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @ClarkHat
@ClarkHat@MorlockP@St_Rev@mr_archenemy ...I remember my middle school giving several reminders to call our new Ph.D profs Dr. in future.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @popelizbet
@popelizbet@ClarkHat@St_Rev@mr_archenemy speaking of subtle calculus of respect: about 0% of physics PhDs ask for "Dr", about 100% of Ed.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@popelizbet@ClarkHat@mr_archenemy Got my PhD in Athens GA. Being addressed as Dr. was the norm.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@St_Rev @popelizbet @ClarkHat @mr_archenemy wow. wacky. In the north it's counter signalling: only a loser w fake PhD needs to be called Dr
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