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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Informal address [was: Re: "plural" you
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In article <54gcdf$l7q@news.alaska.edu>,  <71064.332@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>I'm not sure the custom of formal address is in retreat on _all_ fronts
>in our US culture; AFAIK my alma mater, St. John's College (of Annapolis
>Maryland and Santa Fe NM) still requires the use of Mr., Ms., Mrs., or
>Ms. in classes or seminars.  This becomes ingrained enough so that
>after almost 30 years my old tutors still address me as "Mr. Partlow"...

	Theoretically, the custom at U of C is to address all faculty with
Mr., Ms., or Mrs. (I've *never* heard "Miss" used), regardless of their
level of attainment.  In practice, one of my first three instructors asked
us to call her "Lisa" and ribbed me for being (AFAICT) the sole resistor--
and that was already eight years ago.  I'd be very surprised if the
situation at St. John's is still exactly as you remember it.

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