Thank you for pointing that out to me, Torsten.
Yes, I do agree that you are being respectful.
But frankly, it is not necessary on an international forum where the normal practice is to address one another by name. Iâm not aware of your nationality.
Usually, Asians, particularly Indians, treat others (especially gurus) with deep respect. They show it by addressing them Sir or Madam, which has become traditional.
However, the affixed (written) name really looks unnatural to me as a student of the English language. This is my personal view; please do not take it amiss.
Nevertheless, You are free to address the way you like. And there cannot be any problem. Thank you.
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Thank you for sharing that information.
On the other hand: you donât have to watch âDynastyâ to have an attitude.
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It is a good chance to ask you a question. I remembered that, when I was a child, we had to call our headmistress which was a nun by âsirâ not âladyâ so, could we call females in some situations by âsirâ instead of âladyâ?
Thatâs strange. I honestely donât know, but in Dutch we can do that.
I do not understand the meaning.
Well, in the eighties âDynastyâ was a television series. It was about two extremely wealthy families, The Carringtons and the Colbys. The characters usually spoke to each other very formally and behaved like royalty, although sometimes the men had their occasional rows and fights and the women even had catfights in bedrooms and lily ponds.
It was very popular in many countries. In France they called âDynastieâ, in Germany âDer Denver Clanâ⌠I thought it was rather boring, but since my mother watched it I had to be respectful and watch too. I think the catfights between the women were hilarious though.
You can find some scenes on YouTube.
Nowadays, I would say: "You donât have to watch âDownton Abbeyâ " to have an attitude, but I do so like Maggie Smith.
This happens in India too.
Many thanks for replying to me.
Something in me wants to add a full stop to your sentence to make it just perfect .
Oh, yes. Many thanks.
Actually calling a woman sir?
AmazingâŚ!
Or simply archaic
Yes, Vivianna I agree. Itâs very ambiguous, to say the least of it.
Itâs very archaic, Torsten.
However in Dutch itâs not archaic. For example, a headmistress of a school should be adressed as:
âMevrouw de directeurâ, literally translated, âMadam, headmasterâ. Simply because there is no female equivalent for âdirecteurâ, which is a masculin noun. But one must use this expression to address a headmistress.