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Skriven 2005-04-12 00:48:20 av Dan Ceppa (1:123/666.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Aleksej R. Serdyukov
Ärende: Star Trek:  Enterprise
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On 11 Apr 05  13:37:28, Aleksej R. Serdyukov got back to Everett Hertenstein 
-> Re: Star Trek:  Enterprise

 
 EH> OTOH, maybe I'm just too old fashioned.  I sometimes get a little
 EH> miffed when a total stranger addresses me as Everett.

 ARS> Hmm, is it the familar form? What's the full form, then?

To me, the correct form would be "Mister Hertenstein".  

Almost as correct would be to expand it to "Mister Everett Hertenstein".  
Generally, the first name is left out on most occasions, though.  The 
addition of 'Everett' might be used if it is necessary to distinguish 
between others with the Hertenstein surname present in the same 
assemblage.   

Simply calling him "Everett" on a first (especially formal) meeting 
would be considered offensive for being too familiar.  

It would be like meeting the Queen of England for the very first 
time an calling her "Liz".  


Isn't that right, Ev?    (GD&R!)   



A lot of it is cultural and some is personal preference.   

As for me, my formal name is 'Daniel'.   

On a general basis, I prefer 'Dan'.  I use 'Danny' in some 
Echoes, but only as a differentiation per my setup.  In a 
first meeting face to face, I wouldn't like being called 
"Danny" by that person.  I'll accept 'Daniel' or 'Dan'.  But, 
I'd rather it be 'Dan'.  But, that is because I'm not overly 
formal and no completely informal!  

Americans tend to use the diminutives of names before they get 
the permission to do so.  That's why I added the (GD&R) above 
with regard to my misuse of Everett's name.  

I only hope he reads those last 2 sentences!   


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