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minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoUsing “sir” and “ma’am” was my way of addressing instructors in engineering school, because the faculty was so diverse that I would otherwise butcher their names.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoAnd that’s why everybody gets to be “Dr. B.” to me. There’s no way I can pronounce that foreign name!
Using “sir” and “ma’am” was my way of addressing instructors in engineering school, because the faculty was so diverse that I would otherwise butcher their names.
And that’s why everybody gets to be “Dr. B.” to me. There’s no way I can pronounce that foreign name!