Timeline for Call professor without using the name
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| May 2, 2020 at 6:05 | comment | added | yaodao vang | @Michael Harvey Is this the same for writing? In letter, for example. Greetings as "Hello Doctor" or "Hi professor". | |
| Apr 5, 2020 at 15:56 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @JamesK I don’t agree that this is impersonal. If you know your professor well (but study at an institution where students and professors are not on a first-name basis), “Good morning, professor” seems far less formal and distant than “Good morning, Professor Thompson”. Unless you were saying it’s impersonal compared to using a name without a title – then I agree, of course. | |
| Apr 5, 2020 at 8:00 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | In Britain, it is common, when passing the driver to leave a bus, to thank him or her, and where I live (Bristol) many people say "Thank you, driver!" | |
| Apr 4, 2020 at 23:52 | comment | added | user99049 | @gidds Positions are often used when you need to directly address someone but don't know their name. One example I hear often is "Back door please, Driver!" called out from the back of a bus when they've closed the door too early. | |
| Apr 4, 2020 at 23:30 | comment | added | gidds | My reaction (for which I don't have any evidence to hand) is that this only applies when using a title, not just a position; if someone's called ‘Professor Jones’, then it's common to call them ‘Professor’, but you wouldn't address e.g. a bus driver in that way. If so, I think this answer might be clearer if ‘Nurse/Doctor/…’ were capitalised. | |
| Apr 4, 2020 at 16:21 | comment | added | yaodao vang | @Michael Harvey and James K thank you both for your answer ;-) | |
| Apr 4, 2020 at 16:20 | vote | accept | yaodao vang | ||
| Apr 4, 2020 at 16:14 | comment | added | James K | Might mention that this is intentionally impersonal. It maintains professional distance and respect. | |
| Apr 4, 2020 at 15:44 | history | edited | Michael Harvey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 4, 2020 at 15:32 | history | edited | Michael Harvey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 4, 2020 at 14:52 | history | answered | Michael Harvey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |